| 单词 | midsummer moon |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmidsummer moon midsummer moon n. now poetic and literary (perhaps) the full moon around midsummer (both being things traditionally associated with madness; hence, sometimes alluded to as a time when lunacy was supposed to be prevalent). ΚΠ ?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xxxix Wede them clene in mydsomer mone. 1589 ‘M. Marprelate’ Epitome (1843) 14 Whether it be midsommer Moone with him or no. 1690 J. Dryden Amphitryon iv. 39 What's this Midsummer-Moon? Is all the World gone a-madding? 1888 Overland Monthly Aug. 176 Under the midsummer moon So fragrant the garden reposes. 1910 E. W. Wilcox Yesterdays 12 Down here is the path where we wandered together, 'Neath the midsummer moon. 1980 Shakespeare Q. 31 319 A Midsummer Night's Dream has the more phantasmagoric quality associated with lunacies of love and the midsummer moon. < as lemmas |
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