| 单词 | scarlet pimpernel |
| 释义 | > as lemmasScarlet Pimpernel Scarlet Pimpernel n. (see also scarlet pimpernel n. at Compounds 2c), the name assumed by the hero of a series of novels by Baroness Orczy (1865–1947), a dashing but elusive Englishman who rescued potential victims of the French Reign of Terror, used allusively; also attributive; cf. pimpernel n. 3. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social attitudes > philanthropy > [noun] > philanthropist good doerc1400 well-doerc1400 do-good1654 philanthropist1730 philanthrope1742 humanity-monger1829 philanthropic1839 humanitarian1843 pantophile1876 Scarlet Pimpernel1958 1958 E. H. Clements Uncommon Cold vii. 178 As for cloak-and-dagger work on the moor, what price your family of Scarlet Pimpernels? 1958 Observer 25 May 15/5 George Baker..appears as a Scarlet Pimpernel type. 1961 Guardian 24 May 11/3 A war~time Scarlet Pimpernel organisation which rescued thousands of East European Jews from the Nazis. 1977 M. Drabble Ice Age iii. 287 The image of Anthony as Scarlet Pimpernel, flying out to rescue stepdaughter in distress. scarlet pimpernel scarlet pimpernel n. Anagallis arvensis (see pimpernel n. 2). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > agrimony or lady's mantle or burnet > pimpernel wayworta1300 pimpernel?a1425 sicklewortc1450 craches1530 margeline1572 wink-a-peep1626 shepherd's sun-dial1823 poor man's, or shepherd's, weather-glass1827 shepherd's weatherglass1827 shepherd's calendar1832 scarlet pimpernel1855 shepherd's dial1865 shepherd's clock1878 shepherd's glass1886 peeper1888 shepherd's hourglass1909 1855 A. Pratt Flowering Plants & Ferns Great Brit. IV. 238 Scarlet Pimpernel. < as lemmas |
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