| 单词 | poison cup |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspoison cup poison cup n. (a) a cup containing poison; also figurative; (b) a cup or other vessel reputed to break if poison is poured into it. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > poison > [noun] > draught > cup containing or detecting poison poison cup1762 1762 S. Hales New-years-gift to Dram-drinkers p. vi He expresses his Resentment against this forest of Evils, and his tender Grief for the woeful infatuation of Mankind after this Poison-Cup [sc. thirst for spiritous liquors]. 1779 L. MacNally Apotheosis of Punch iii. 27 Here, Bacchus, pour it in my poison cup. 1887 Dict. National Biogr. XI. 76/2 In..the earliest version of the legend, the queen is made to bleed Rosamond to death in a hot bath at Woodstock... There is no allusion here to the familiar dagger and the poison-cup. 1995 J. Banville Athena 7 Finding a first name was more difficult. I toyed with..Fernando, with its insinuation of stilettos and the poison cup. < as lemmas |
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