单词 | beflower |
释义 | beflowerv. transitive. To cover or deck with, or as with, flowers. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > ornament [verb (transitive)] > ornament with flowers flourisha1400 beflower1594 enflowerc1602 emblossom1821 floralize1890 petal1907 1594 R. Carew tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne iii. 98 She trimmes her selfe, and golden hed Beflowres with Roses culd in Paradize. 1628 T. Hobbes tr. Thucydides Peloponnesian War (1822) 99 Their bodies..reddish livid and beflowerd with little pimples. 1795 ‘P. Pindar’ Pindariana 179 Damask, well beflow'r'd with blue. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online September 2018). > as lemmasbeflower beflower v. Brit. /bᵻˈflaʊə/ , U.S. /bəˈflaʊ(ə)r/ , /biˈflaʊ(ə)r/ Π 1807 Salmagundi 19 Sept. 298 The portrait of a young lady, dressed in a..gown, be-flowered..and be-cuffed. < v.1594 as lemmas |
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