| 单词 | raisins of the sun |
| 释义 | > as lemmasraisins of the sun raisins of the sun n. (also †raisins in the sun) now rare sun-dried grapes. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > dried fruit > [noun] > raisin raisin1302 great raisina1425 raisins of the sun?1543 plum1653 ?1543 T. Phaer tr. J. Goeurot Regiment of Lyfe xii. f. lxvi A lytle quantitye of raysyns of the sonne. 1558 W. Bullein Govt. Healthe f. lxxxiiii Raisins of the sunne be very holsome. 1599 R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations II. 502 For sugar, suckets, raisins of the Sunne, and many other fruits, abundance. 1617 J. Woodall Surgions Mate 186 Currants and Reysons of the Sun are likewise very good [in Scurvy]. 1642 Edinb. Test. LX. f. 181, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue (at cited word) Rasinges of the sone. 1694–5 in M. Cash Devon Inventories 16th & 17th Cent. (1966) 166 A paper of Soweing Silke. Reasons of the Sun. 15 Loafes of sugar. 1711 Boston News-let. 5 Mar. 2/2 (advt.) Currants, Raisins of the Sun and Smirna..to be Sold by Zabdiel Boylston, at his Shop at the Head of Dock-Square in Boston. 1735 S.-Carolina Gaz. 24 May 3/2 To be sold by William Kellaway..Smyrna Raisins, and Raisins in the Sun. 1780 J. T. Dillon Trav. Spain ii. xvii. 376 The raisins of the sun..are still more delicate. 1841 Penny Cycl. XIX. 274/1 Muscatels, blooms,..raisins of the sun. 1936 V. Elwin Leaves from Jungle 109 Raisins of the sun, musk-melons, figs..—to strengthen the stomach and keep down vapours. < as lemmas |
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