单词 | parsley wreath |
释义 | > as lemmasparsley wreath parsley wreath n. ΚΠ a1618 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Diuine Weekes & Wks. (1621) i. i. 11 Her glorious head is compast with a Crown, Not made of Olive, Pine, or Lawrell bough, Nor Parsly Wreath, which Grecians did allow Th'Olympian games for signals of renown. a1771 C. Smart Poems (1791) 207 To-day we wear our acorn crown, The parsley wreath be thine; it is most meet We grace the presence of these rival gods With all the honours of our woodland weeds. 1899 Living Age 15 July 192/2 One of the maidens here handed a flower or a parsley wreath to her lover. 1994 Amer. Lit. 66 355 At the end of ‘The Prologue’ Bradstreet asks not for ‘bays’, but only for a humble, housewifely ‘Thyme or parsley wreath’ as recognition of her worth. < as lemmas |
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