单词 | ploughman-poet |
释义 | > as lemmasploughman-poet C1. Appositive, as ploughman-chiel, ploughman-lad, ploughman-poet, etc. ΚΠ 1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 142 They are found..among the Pastorall or Plow-men-Affricans. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis vi, in tr. Virgil Wks. 396 Who..can cease t'admire The Ploughman Consul in his Course Attire! 1786 R. Burns Poems 25 The brawnie, banie, ploughman-chiel. 1834 A. Cunningham Lives Brit. Painters 19 Songs..written by a ploughman-lad. 1906 Westm. Gaz. 1 Dec. 6/2 Robert Burns—the one and only ploughman-poet of that ilk—Scotland's darling. 2002 Scotsman (Nexis) 22 Aug. 9 The other is the internationally-acclaimed ploughman poet. < as lemmas |
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