英语词汇“milk and honey”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

milk and honey (also †milk and mellie) n. [with allusion to the biblical description of the Promised Land, Exodus 3:8, etc.] prosperity and abundance; richness of produce; plenty, comfort; also attributive.

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the world > action or operation > prosperity > [noun] > prosperous conditions

fatnessc1000

milk and honeyOE

plentyc1330

sunshine1584

felicities1625

rose1832

sunlight1864

OE Ælfric Old Eng. Hexateuch: Num. (Claud.) xvi. 13 Ðu alæddest us of ðam lande þe weol meolce & hunige.

OE tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (Cambr. Univ. Libr.) i. i. 30 Is þæt ealond welig on meolcum & on hunige.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 5793 I sal þam bring... In-till a land..rinnand bath honi and milk.

a1425 (c1384) Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Corpus Oxf.) (1850) Ezek. xx. 6 The loond which Y hadde purueiede to hem, flowynge with mylk and hony.

1611 Bible (King James) Exod. iii. 8 A lande flowing with milke and hony .

1614 J. Davies in W. Browne Shepheards Pipe sig. G3^v For, fro thy Makings milke, and mellie flowes To feed the Songster-swaines with Arts soot-meats.

1648 J. Beaumont Psyche xv. x. 275 The Land of Milk and Honey lay..over-flown With Mahumetick Poyson.

1684 J. Stewart Let. in B. Cusack Everyday Eng. 1500–1700 (1998) 220 [Scotl.] The lord Iehowah the God of eserall..can & woll cery his pepll throw fayr & watr to aland yt flowth w^t melk & hony.

1726 H. Baker 2nd Pt. Orig. Poems 50 Delightful Land! where Milk and Honey flows!

1783 J. King Thoughts Diffic. ii. 28 America is now the fancied land of milk and honey.

1826 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey I. ii. i. 70 The milk and honey of the political Canaan.

1869 L. M. Alcott Little Women II. xxiv. 354 An out-of-door tea was always the crowning joy of the day. The land literally flowed with milk and honey on such occasions.

1931 ‘D. Stiff’ Milk & Honey Route ii. 24 The original milk and honey route was a railroad from Salt Lake City southward through the valleys of Utah. In the early days..this was the greatest feeding-ground for hobos.

1976 M. J. Lasky Utopia & Revol. (1977) ii. 66 Religion..consoled the exploited masses with the prospect of milk and honey in a heavenly paradise and diverted them from the struggle for justice in the here-and-now.

1987 J. A. McArdle Sin Embargo 466 His voice was milk and honey.

1998 Sunday Tel. 25 Jan. (Sport section) 3/2 Promotion back to English football's land of milk and honey is his priority this season.

单词	milk and honey
释义	> as lemmas milk and honey (also †milk and mellie) milk and honey (also †milk and mellie) n. [with allusion to the biblical description of the Promised Land, Exodus 3:8, etc.] prosperity and abundance; richness of produce; plenty, comfort; also attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > [noun] > prosperous conditions fatnessc1000 milk and honeyOE plentyc1330 sunshine1584 felicities1625 rose1832 sunlight1864 OE Ælfric Old Eng. Hexateuch: Num. (Claud.) xvi. 13 Ðu alæddest us of ðam lande þe weol meolce & hunige. OE tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (Cambr. Univ. Libr.) i. i. 30 Is þæt ealond welig on meolcum & on hunige. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 5793 I sal þam bring... In-till a land..rinnand bath honi and milk. a1425 (c1384) Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Corpus Oxf.) (1850) Ezek. xx. 6 The loond which Y hadde purueiede to hem, flowynge with mylk and hony. 1611 Bible (King James) Exod. iii. 8 A lande flowing with milke and hony . View more context for this quotation 1614 J. Davies in W. Browne Shepheards Pipe sig. G3^v For, fro thy Makings milke, and mellie flowes To feed the Songster-swaines with Arts soot-meats. 1648 J. Beaumont Psyche xv. x. 275 The Land of Milk and Honey lay..over-flown With Mahumetick Poyson. 1684 J. Stewart Let. in B. Cusack Everyday Eng. 1500–1700 (1998) 220 [Scotl.] The lord Iehowah the God of eserall..can & woll cery his pepll throw fayr & watr to aland yt flowth w^t melk & hony. 1726 H. Baker 2nd Pt. Orig. Poems 50 Delightful Land! where Milk and Honey flows! 1783 J. King Thoughts Diffic. ii. 28 America is now the fancied land of milk and honey. 1826 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey I. ii. i. 70 The milk and honey of the political Canaan. 1869 L. M. Alcott Little Women II. xxiv. 354 An out-of-door tea was always the crowning joy of the day. The land literally flowed with milk and honey on such occasions. 1931 ‘D. Stiff’ Milk & Honey Route ii. 24 The original milk and honey route was a railroad from Salt Lake City southward through the valleys of Utah. In the early days..this was the greatest feeding-ground for hobos. 1976 M. J. Lasky Utopia & Revol. (1977) ii. 66 Religion..consoled the exploited masses with the prospect of milk and honey in a heavenly paradise and diverted them from the struggle for justice in the here-and-now. 1987 J. A. McArdle Sin Embargo 466 His voice was milk and honey. 1998 Sunday Tel. 25 Jan. (Sport section) 3/2 Promotion back to English football's land of milk and honey is his priority this season. extracted from milkn.¹adj. < as lemmas
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