英语词汇“a rolling stone gathers no moss”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

6. Proverb. a rolling stone gathers no moss and variants: a person who does not settle in one place will not accumulate wealth, status, friends, etc., or (alternatively, and now frequently) responsibilities and commitments. Hence, with allusion to the proverb, moss is occasionally used to denote money.For earlier references to the proverb see moss v. 1.

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a1542 T. Wyatt Coll. Poems (1969) cvii. 4 On the stone that still doeth tourne abowte There groweth no mosse: these proverbes yet do last.

1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. xi. sig. Dii The rollyng stone neuer gatherth mosse.

1548 J. Bradford Let. 12 May in J. Foxe Actes & Monuments (1583) II. 1662/2 A tumblyng stone gathereth no mosse.

1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xxxvii. 156 [They] reape as much learning, as the rowling stone doth gather mosse.

1627 R. Sanderson Ten Serm. 463 Some men are euer restlesse,..euery new crotchet putteth them into a new course. But these rowling stones carry their curse with them; they seldome gather mosse.

1641 Naunton's Fragmenta Regalia sig. E2^v He [sc. Rawleigh] foresaw his destiny, that he was first to Roule..before he came to a repose and as the stone doth by long lying, gather Mosse.

1678 J. Gailhard Compl. Gentleman 34 To learn the Language, Fashions, and Exercises; which cannot be done if one be constantly a Travelling, and ever upon a motion but time of rest must be allowed to do't; for the Proverb saith, the rolling stone gathers no moss.

1776 G. Colman Spleen i. 9 Here's such a rumpus about my mistress going out of town indeed!.. Well, well; a rolling stone's always bare of moss, as you say.

1822 W. Irving Bracebridge Hall 70 He was an exemplification of the old proverb, ‘a rolling stone gathers no moss’. He had sought his fortune about the world without ever finding it.

1886 ‘S. Tytler’ Buried Diamonds xxii The sudden turning up of Jack as a roving brother, who, like a rolling stone, gathered no moss.

1914 G. B. Shaw Parents & Children in Misalliance p. lxxxiv We keep repeating the silly proverb that a rolling stone gathers no moss, as if moss were a desirable parasite.

1955 Ld. Kilbracken Living like Lord Pref. 11 I'll never gather moss, but very few stones do.

1998 A. Jackson Sojourner in Poems Sel. & New 140 A rolling stone gathers no moss, ties, no memory.

单词	a rolling stone gathers no moss
释义	> as lemmas a rolling stone gathers no moss 6. Proverb. a rolling stone gathers no moss and variants: a person who does not settle in one place will not accumulate wealth, status, friends, etc., or (alternatively, and now frequently) responsibilities and commitments. Hence, with allusion to the proverb, moss is occasionally used to denote money.For earlier references to the proverb see moss v. 1. ΚΠ a1542 T. Wyatt Coll. Poems (1969) cvii. 4 On the stone that still doeth tourne abowte There groweth no mosse: these proverbes yet do last. 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. xi. sig. Dii The rollyng stone neuer gatherth mosse. 1548 J. Bradford Let. 12 May in J. Foxe Actes & Monuments (1583) II. 1662/2 A tumblyng stone gathereth no mosse. 1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xxxvii. 156 [They] reape as much learning, as the rowling stone doth gather mosse. 1627 R. Sanderson Ten Serm. 463 Some men are euer restlesse,..euery new crotchet putteth them into a new course. But these rowling stones carry their curse with them; they seldome gather mosse. 1641 Naunton's Fragmenta Regalia sig. E2^v He [sc. Rawleigh] foresaw his destiny, that he was first to Roule..before he came to a repose and as the stone doth by long lying, gather Mosse. 1678 J. Gailhard Compl. Gentleman 34 To learn the Language, Fashions, and Exercises; which cannot be done if one be constantly a Travelling, and ever upon a motion but time of rest must be allowed to do't; for the Proverb saith, the rolling stone gathers no moss. 1776 G. Colman Spleen i. 9 Here's such a rumpus about my mistress going out of town indeed!.. Well, well; a rolling stone's always bare of moss, as you say. 1822 W. Irving Bracebridge Hall 70 He was an exemplification of the old proverb, ‘a rolling stone gathers no moss’. He had sought his fortune about the world without ever finding it. 1886 ‘S. Tytler’ Buried Diamonds xxii The sudden turning up of Jack as a roving brother, who, like a rolling stone, gathered no moss. 1914 G. B. Shaw Parents & Children in Misalliance p. lxxxiv We keep repeating the silly proverb that a rolling stone gathers no moss, as if moss were a desirable parasite. 1955 Ld. Kilbracken Living like Lord Pref. 11 I'll never gather moss, but very few stones do. 1998 A. Jackson Sojourner in Poems Sel. & New 140 A rolling stone gathers no moss, ties, no memory. extracted from mossn.¹ < as lemmas
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