单词 | new-sprung |
释义 | new-sprungadj. That has newly sprung into existence; that has lately sprung up. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > newness or novelty > [adjective] > newly come into existence youngeOE new-sprungc1485 recent1513 new-risen1555 upstart1565 new-fallena1618 started-up1764 c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Knychthede (1993) iv. 28 A man of a new sprongyn lygnye. 1533 T. More Apologye xxxix. f. 216 I fynde not in hys boke any cause of hys dyuysyon to be founden in the sowynge and settynge forthe of these newe sprongen heresyes. 1577 R. Holinshed Hist. Scotl. 410/1 in Chron. I King James..thought it better to returne with assured gaine, than to tarie this newe sprong Dukes doubtfull and vncertaine victorie. 1593 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis sig. Hv She bowes her head, the new-sprong floure to smel. View more context for this quotation 1622 T. Dekker & P. Massinger Virgin Martir i. sig. Bv We dare dispute against this new sprung sect. 1668 J. Dryden Of Dramatick Poesie 34 Every new sprung passion, and turn of it, is a part of the action. 1701 Sir E. Sherburne Phædra & Hippolytus ii. i. 157 Whilst the licentious Stream through new-sprung Flow'rs With pleasing Murmurs its sweet Water pours. 1744 J. Thomson Spring in Seasons (new ed.) 27 In the freshening shade Of new-sprung Leaves. 1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 111 Not being illuminated by a single ray of this new-sprung modern light. View more context for this quotation 1814 M. Edgeworth Patronage I. vii. 216 The new sprung Colonel was more severe upon Gascoigne, with whom he was always finding fault, to show his knowledge. 1853 T. T. Lynch Lect. Self-improvem. iv. 102 Words will sometimes flow suddenly like new-sprung fountains. 1928 T. Hardy Winter Words 6 Up-eared hares, Stirred as they eat The new-sprung wheat, Their munch resume. 2001 Supermarket News (Nexis) 16 July 29 The new-sprung advertising program, ‘Supercards’, consists of small display cases that are mounted directly onto a wall. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.c1485 |
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