单词 | periwinkle shell |
释义 | > as lemmasperiwinkle shell periwinkle shell n. ΚΠ 1612 H. Peacham Gentlemans Exercise ii. iv. 124 A Ladie..vpon her head a Coronet of Periwinckle and Escallop shelles. 1841 E. Forbes Hist. Brit. Starfishes 252 I have represented the Sipunculus alive in a Periwinkle shell. 1906 G. R. Sims Living London (rev. ed.) III. 271/2 A drawing known as ‘Spider's Web’ which rather resembles a periwinkle-shell in outline. 1993 Canad. Geographic Mar. 74/1 I picked up a periwinkle shell, a biggish one, with beautiful swirls of russet and lavender. < as lemmas |
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