| 单词 | south of france |
| 释义 | > as lemmasSouth of France P2. South of France: the southern part of France, spec. the French Riviera; (also allusively) something resembling or reminiscent of this. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > France or Frankish land > [noun] > south of France South of France1681 Riviera1846 Midi1859 1681 Abstr. or Abbrev. Many Testimonys 7 In Forty Years, the making of Silk in the South of France, had brought into the Exchecquer or Financy of that Crown, Fifty Seven Millions of Livers. 1741 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 29 July (1966) II. 245 They are gone to Marseilles and design passing some months in the South of France. 1815 E. Fremantle Diary 8 Sept. in Wynne Diaries (1952) xxxi. 533 We determined to take the former Road, particularly as the South of France is not quite quiet. 1872 C. M. Yonge P's & Q's ii. 10 At the time of her death, Elspeth and Persis had been in the South of France. 1922 M. Arlen ‘Piracy’ iii. v. 183 We are going to the south of France to-morrow. 1922 E. Sitwell in New Age 6 July 120/1 I liked..the warm, South-of-France feeling about her, and her faded hair that was like dry, powdery mimosa. 1980 I. Murdoch Nuns & Soldiers i. 83 Soho in summer was his South of France. 2004 Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Nexis) 3 Nov. 6 He jet-hopped between homes in London and Berkshire, Palm Spings in California and the South of France, with his wife Geraldine beside him. < as lemmas |
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