单词 | red rose |
释义 | red rosen.adj. A. n. 1. a. A representation of a red rose, esp. as used as the emblem of the House of Lancaster during the 15th-cent. Wars of the Roses; (hence, in later use) an emblem representing the county of Lancashire. Cf. white rose n. at white adj. and n. Compounds 1f. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > [noun] > specific emblems, badges, or cognizances > of noble houses ragged staff1397 red rose1415 rosea1460 white rosea1460 Stafford knot1552 white horse1814 1415 in E. F. Jacob & H. C. Johnson Reg. Henry Chichele (1937) II. 46 (MED) Item ij chalons, reed and plonket; þe red with okyn leves yn, þe plonket with rede rose þeryn. 1447 Acct. in Berks, Bucks & Oxon Archæol. Jrnl. (1905) 11 118 (MED) Fanon of grene & blew impreffyt [read impressyt] wt litel Rede Roses. 1459 Inventory Fastolf's Goods in Paston Lett. (1904) III. 167 Item, j. spice plate..with rede roses of my maisters armes. 1596 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent (rev. ed.) 457 The house of Lancaster,..[had] a red Rose for their badge or conusance. 1605 W. Camden Remaines i. 148 Sir Anthony Wingfield, devised a Wing with these foure Letters, F, E, L, D, quarterly about it, and over the wing a crosse.., and on the crosse a red rose. 1642 T. Fuller Holy State v. v. 378 The Red rose might become White, by losing so much bloud, and the White rose Red by shedding it. 1790 G. Colman Battle of Hexham i. 13 Huzza for the red rose and the house of Lancaster. 1814 J. West Alicia de Lacy III. 94 The red rose banner was developed in front of the Lancasterian army. 1895 Manchester Guardian 5 Mar. 5/6 Lancashire v. Glamorganshire... The ball travelled quickly to the other end of the field, where the wearers of the Red Rose had the greatest difficulty keeping their opponents out. 1962 Contemp. Rev. Feb. 85 The Red Rose of Lancashire is still the symbol of our Lancashire man's personality. 2000 E. Smith in Piecework May 49/1 This new unity, the Yorkist white rose superimposed on the Lancastrian red rose, became known as the Tudor rose. b. The House of Lancaster itself; (also, in later use) the County of Lancashire or a sporting team from Lancashire (frequently attributive). ΚΠ a1529 J. Skelton Speke Parrot in Certayne Bks. (?1545) sig. A.iiv Cryst saue Kyng Henry the viii. our Royall Kyng, The red rose in honour to florysh and sprynge. 1646 G. Buck Hist. Life Richard III ii. 66 The Duke and Earles of Somerset (which followed the Red Rose) were the Off-spring of the Beauforts, naturall sonnes of Iohn de Gaunt. 1683 tr. J.-B. de Rocoles Hist. Infamous Impostors viii. 76 The Cruelty of Richard Duke of Glocester..gave Henry Earl of Richmond..a Pretension to Arm against him, for the Recovery of the Kingdom of England, which Edward the Fourth, before Duke of York, and Head of the Red-Rose, had usurp't from Henry the Sixth. 1759 T. Nugent tr. Voltaire Ess. Universal Hist. (ed. 2) II. xcvi. 366 The triumph of the white rose was complete, and its power cemented by the blood of almost all the princes of the red rose. 1781 New Sketch Civil & Eccl. Hist. v. 61 Richard's party assumed the name of White Rose, and Henry's of the Red. The Red Rose were beaten a second time. 1825 L. F. Winter Castle Harcourt I. v. 206 Hugh Ratcliffe had no reason to be dissatisfied with the two friends he had secured, in case the red rose should be victorious in the approaching conflict. 1878 E. S. Holt Margery's Son xvi. 353 Of course the Red Rose would be victorious,—no other supposition was tenable—and, the rebels crushed. 1906 Manchester Guardian 11 Dec. 10 Ladies' Hockey... The Red Rose team will be the same as chosen against Yorkshire. 1968 Guardian 30 July 13/4 Red Rose blooms again as bowlers show no mercy. 1985 Sunday Times (Nexis) 6 Oct. Lancashire's independent Red Rose Radio turned three years old yesterday. 2006 Lancs. Life Feb. 92/1 Lancashire has always been a hotbed of football. More than half of the original members of the Football League were Red Rose clubs. 2. A representation of a red rose used as the national emblem of England; spec. the Tudor rose. Cf. rose n.1 6b.In quot. 1618, as part of an extended metaphor. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > [noun] > specific emblems, badges, or cognizances > national ravenOE thistle1488 red cross1523 St George's cross1548 Britannia1605 red rose1618 British Lion1687 shamrock1712 leek1714 American eagle1782 rising sun1787 white horse1814 Bird of Freedom1825 Union Jack1847 maple leaf1860 meatball1919 red star1920 hammer and sickle1921 chakra1947 1618 T. Gainsford True Hist. P. Warbeck 2 Margaret Dutches of Burgundy, sister of Edward the fourth, and a sworne aduersary to cast the red Rose of England, into the black pit of confusion. 1725 F. Nichols Brit. Compend. (ed. 2) II. 23 The Two Royal Badges of his Majesty's Chief Dominions, the first being a Red Rose for England, and the second a Thistle for Scotland. 1865 Daily News 2 Sept. 4/6 The whole wall covered with golden bees and the red rose of England. 1893 J. E. Cussans Handbk. Heraldry (ed. 4) iii. 51 Thus a Red Rose, leaved and stalked proper—the emblem of England—would be very unlike a Rose gules. 1977 Western Mail (Cardiff) 5 Mar. (Rugby Suppl.) 2/2 Let us now walk down rugby's Memory Lane and pay tribute to those who have worn the white jersey with the red rose. 2014 Swindon Advertiser (Nexis) 5 Aug. Tilly Gray..represented England in the 100m and 200m butterfly, while..Stephani Sherlock also wore the Red Rose with pride. B. adj. = rose-red adj. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [adjective] > rose-red or -pink rosenOE rose-redOE rosy1381 rosat?c1425 roseate1449 rosy-redc1450 rosetc1500 rosing?a1505 rose-coloured1526 rose-like1530 roseal1531 rosal1566 rosy-fingered1590 red rose1591 rosy-coloured1597 carnation1598 damask1598 rosied1600 damasked1609 rosical1631 roseac1638 rose1667 bloom-coloured1678 rose pink1778 rosaceous1783 rose-tinted1804 rose1806 rose1832 rose du Barry1856 blush-rose1888 1591 A. Fraunce Countesse of Pembrokes Yuychurch ii. i. sig. B4v The red-rose cheeke of smiling Cassiopoea. 1608 R. Tofte tr. L. Ariosto Satyres ii. 17 He..doth goe Into the pulpit with..A red-rose cheeke, and a distemperd face. c1610–15 tr. St. Ambrose Life St. Agnes in C. Horstmann Lives Women Saints (1886) 151 Being rinsed in her owne red rose bloud. c1865 J. Wylde Circle of Sci. I. 157/1 A rich red rose-colour is produced on the plate. 1892 W. B. Yeats Countess Kathleen 135 The red rose bordered hem. 1917 G. Frankau Inn of Thousand Dreams in City of Fear 26 Once more I press..Your finger-tips against these lips Your own red-rose lips knew. 2007 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 13 Sept. 2 A neat, cream Empire-cut dress by Zimmermann with vivid red rose cocktail hat. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1415 |
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