单词 | mulberry leaf |
释义 | > as lemmasmulberry leaf mulberry leaf n. Π 1616 G. Markham tr. C. Estienne et al. Maison Rustique (rev. ed.) iii. xlviii. 409 If you lay them [sc. Damaske-plums] betweene mulberrie-leaues, or vine-leaues, one leare aboue another in a close box made for the purpose. 1727–41 E. Chambers Cycl. at Silk In this state it feeds on mulberry-leaves. 1836 J. F. Dauls Chinese I. viii. 292 They collect a quantity of the mulberry-leaves, which are devoted to the nourishment of the imperial depôt of silkworms. 1987 T. Lewis in S. Ravenel New Stories from South (1988) 28 I was still thinking about Mrs. Barton and her sticky comments like mulberry leaves with insect eggs sewn inside them. < as lemmas |
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