单词 | phoenix wing |
释义 | > as lemmasphoenix wing phoenix wing n. ΚΠ a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. xi. sig. V8 The Phœnix wings are not so rare For faultlesse length, and stainelesse hewe. a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1657 (1955) III. 199 Habits..of curiously colourd & wrought feathers: particularly that of the Phoenix Wing, as tradition gos. 1787 H. J. Pye Poems II. ii. 148 Or of thy Phoenix wing a rival own Save the Mæonian Prodigy alone. 1955 E. Pound Classic Anthol. iii. 170 Hark to the phoenix-wings at heaven's gate. 2003 Sunday Advocate (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) (Nexis) 12 Jan. Completing her costume was a 5-foot backpiece in the shape of phoenix wings. < as lemmas |
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