单词 | new eve |
释义 | > as lemmasnew Eve new Eve n. a woman seen as a successor to Eve, esp. in being fallible or easily tempted, or (occasionally) in redeeming the transgressions of the first Eve. ΚΠ a1824 Ld. Byron Wks. (1993) VII. 77 If the new Eve For an Apple should grieve, What mortal would not play the Devil? 1954 Jrnl. Hist. Ideas 13 228 The first-born son of the mystical union between the New Adam and the New Eve was none other than Postel himself, whose duty in the world was thus to spread abroad the New Gospel. 1993 Esquire Oct. 71/1 And if Arnold is new Adam, the new Eve is the RoboSlut. < as lemmas |
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