| 单词 | privet hedge |
| 释义 | > as lemmasprivet hedge privet hedge n. ΚΠ 1591 in Lyly's Wks. (1902) I. 433 The 3. and last was a Snayl mount [spiral ascent], rising to foure circles of greene priuie hedges. 1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue ii. 34 A-nights he puts it [sc. his beard] in a Presse..that it may come forth the next morning..straite and leuell as a line; and all the other haires, as iust and as euen, as a Priuet hedge, newly cut. 1750 I. Walton Compl. Angler v. 72 A green Caterpillar or Worm..; it was found on a Privet-hedge. 1898 H. G. Wells War of Worlds i. xvi. 166 Two men lifted out something on a white stretcher, and put this gently on the grass beneath the privet hedge. 2005 Guardian (Nexis) 3 Sept. (Home section) 8 The London front garden..was known for its neatly clipped privet hedge, its row of pansies and its patch of lawn. < as lemmas |
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