单词 | seven-hilly |
释义 | † seven-hillyadj. Obsolete. rare. Of the city of Rome: having or standing on seven hills. Cf. seven-hilled adj. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > hill > [adjective] > situated or dwelling seven-hilly1561 seven-hilled?1580 seven mountain-seated1624 hilly1632 overhill1763 hill-set1906 1561 J. Daus tr. H. Bullinger Hundred Serm. vpon Apocalips lxxxix. 618 In the seuen hilly Rome [L. in septicolli Roma]. 1824 Ld. Byron Deformed Transformed i. ii. 149 In old Rome, the seven-hilly, We'll revel at ease. 1909 Newnan (Georgia) Herald 5 Feb. 15/3 There are many motives that might have impelled his visit to Rome, seven-hilly. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021). < |
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