单词 | rising generation |
释义 | > as lemmasrising generation 4. Coming into existence; developing, growing. Now chiefly in rising generation. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > [adjective] > developing or growing risingc1450 the world > existence and causation > existence > [adjective] > coming into existence springing1548 buddinga1586 exsurgent1619 rising1667 enascent1745 naissant1872 c1450 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 604/l. 31 Precox, sunnerysynge. a1525 Contempl. Synnaris l. 419, in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 202 As mortall man..Is lyke a rysand floure in a gardyn. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vii. 102 To heare thee tell His Generation, and the rising Birth Of Nature. View more context for this quotation 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Pastorals iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 18 His Cradle shall with rising Flow'rs be crown'd. 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 523. ¶1 I Am always highly delighted with the discovery of any rising Genius among my Countrymen. 1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 77. ⁋14 The hopes of the rising generation. 1781 J. Moore View Soc. Italy (1790) I. vii. 75 The rising vigour of Venice was permitted to grow. 1822 R. G. Wallace 15 Years in India 323 All the villages..appeared in a flourishing condition, with a numerous rising generation. 1870 M. D. Conway Earthward Pilgrimage xxvi. 311 The rising generation is sitting at the feet of men of genius who train it into antagonism to the Church. 1904 Daily Rev. (Decatur, Illinois) 8 Jan. 2 I joined the Saddle club sixty years ago and I still stick to it, but the rising generation has joined the Automobile club. 2005 New Yorker 17 Oct. 162/1 Avant-gardes are always cults of difficulty..by which a rising generation exploits its biological advantages. < as lemmas |
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