| 单词 | siren air |
| 释义 | > as lemmassiren air a. Attributive, in sense ‘characteristic of, resembling that of, a Siren’, as siren air, siren beauty, siren note, etc. ΚΠ a1568 R. Ascham Scholemaster (1570) i. f. 24v Noble personages,..whom all the Siren songes of Italie, could neuer vntwyne from the maste of Gods word. 1588 ‘M. Marprelate’ Oh read ouer D. Iohn Bridges: Epist. 47 Be not led away by the Syren sounds and intisements of yong Iohn. 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. i. 353 Whose Syren-notes Inchaunt chaste Susans. 1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets cxix. sig. Hv What potions haue I drunke of Syren teares? View more context for this quotation 1665 J. Spencer Disc. Vulgar Prophecies 2 Soft and siren words and periods which..make a pretty sound in the ear. 1730 J. Thomson Spring in Seasons 47 Her syren voice, enchanting, draws him on, To guileful shores. a1743 R. Savage Valentine's Day 19 Far from that shore, where syren-beauty dwells. 1788 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 415 Pleasure with her siren air May delude the thoughtless pair. 1827 J. Keble Christian Year I. xxxiii. 128 Be silent, Praise, Blind guide with siren voice. 1879 F. W. Farrar Life & Work St. Paul II. ix. xliii. 371 The gentle breathing of the south wind..was but a siren song which had lured them to their destruction. < as lemmas |
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