单词 | noon-sun |
释义 | noon-sunn. Chiefly literary. The sun at its highest point; the sun at noon. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > sun > [noun] > at specific time or position suneOE rising sun1557 setting sun1560 noon-sun1601 midnight sun1787 noon1858 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 372 By the reflection of the beames of the Noon-sun. 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §898. 19 In Making of Vinegar, they..set Vessels of Wine over against the Noone-sunne. 1662 Duchess of Newcastle Wits Cabal i. v. xxxvii, in Playes Written 287 Her Eyes are bright and clear as the Noon-Sun. 1700 J. Hopkins Amasia II. i. 6 Her Beauties darted many Thousand ways, As the Noon-Sun which all his Beams displays. 1728 Philos. Trans. 1726–7 (Royal Soc.) 34 271 The common Heat of the Noon-Sun in July. 1838 C. H. Gilman Poetry of Travelling in U.S. 206 St. Michael's spire..Glittering in the noon-sun's fire. 1872 Ld. Tennyson Gareth & Lynette 40 Morning-Star, and Noon-Sun, and Evening-Star. 1899 Gentleman's Mag. Dec. 542 Night feeding is resorted to, and the blazing noon sun sheltered from as far as possible. 1969 M. Angelou I know why Caged Bird Sings i. 9 The noon sun called the workers to rest. 1991 T. Hayden Killing Frost (BNC) 215 Luke and Sonny..sat with their shirt sleeves rolled up, the noon sun shining through the windows warming their backs. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1601 |
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