| 单词 | skyey influence |
| 释义 | > as lemmasskyey influence(s) b. skyey influence(s): influence(s) of the skies or heavens. Now rare.Usually with reference or allusion to Shakespeare's use in quot. a1616. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > [noun] > atmospheric agencies or powers elements1555 skyey influence(s)a1616 blas1662 a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) iii. i. 9 A breath thou art, Seruile to all the skyie-influences . View more context for this quotation 1757 J. G. Cooper Epist. Aristippus ii. 26 The human Sense Is subjected to Smiles, or Tears, To swelling Pride, or trembling Fears, ‘By ev'ry skyey Influence.’ 1777 S. J. Pratt Trav. for Heart I. 2 The irregularity and skiey influences of this country..the damps and dews, drizzlings and drippings of this realm of vapours, will not do for thee. 1832 E. Bulwer-Lytton Eugene Aram II. iii. x. 69 The skiey influences seem to tincture the animal life with their own..spirit of change. 1851 Illustr. London News 18 Oct. 491/3 The skiey influences were decidedly sympathetic. 1882 C. F. Keary Outl. Primitive Belief 128 Almost all the Vedic hymns are concerned with the skyey influences. 1909 Cook County (Arlington Heights, Illinois) Herald 22 Oct. ‘Horrid weather for Hope.’ she thought; ‘impossible for nerves to get right under such skyey influence’. 1984 Prose Stud. 7 31 A subconscious desire to be subject not servile to Shakespeare's skyey influence. < as lemmas |
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