单词 | never-to-be-forgotten |
释义 | > as lemmasnever-to-be-forgotten a. With to be followed by a past participle, esp. in never-to-be-forgotten. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > [adjective] > worthy of remembrance, memorable memoriablea1450 rememberablec1450 well-remembered1482 memorable1483 memorial?1504 memorousa1513 never-to-be-forgotten1586 rememorablea1641 unforgettable1806 nameable1858 memorious1882 salient1938 1586 J. Lyly Love's Metamorphosis (1902) iv. i. 8 My never to be quenched flames. 1596 G. Markham Poem of Poems iii A neuer to be chang'd conioyne The Nymph seekes of her deere. 1607 S. Collins Serm. Paules-Crosse 85 A long desired, and neuer to be disannulled conformitie. 1652 Perfect Diurnall No. 159. 2396 His never to be forgotten faithful service for this Commonwealth. 1688 London Gaz. No. 2381/1 A never-to-be-shaken Loyalty to Your Majesty. 1709 H. Sacheverell Perils False Brethren 5 This Never-to-be-forgotten Festival. 1747 tr. Mem. Nutrebian Court I. 166 By your often-vowed, never-to-be-changed love. 1810 R. Southey in Edinb. Ann. Reg. 1808 1 i. 9/2 That never-to-be-forgotten massacre of the Protestants. a1849 H. Coleridge Ess. & Marginalia (1851) I. 94 The product of his never-to-be-seen acres. 1887 W. P. Frith Autobiogr. I. xi. 137 We had..on one never-to-be-forgotten occasion, a speech from Turner. 1935 L. MacNeice Poems 56 That never-to-be-touched Vision is your mistress. 1953 C. Thomas Let. 9 Feb. in D. Thomas Coll. Lett. (1987) 865 Anything he sells is either a re-hashed bubble and squeak of adolescence, or a never to be fulfilled promise in the future. 1993 City Paper (Baltimore) 12 Nov. 24/2 The one ironclad, never-to-be-broached rule is that you don't snitch to the prison authorities on another con. < as lemmas |
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