单词 | spring-flowering |
释义 | > as lemmasspring-flowering c. Forming adjectives with present participles, with the sense ‘in the spring, during the spring’, as spring-flowering, spring peering, spring-spawning, etc. ΚΠ 1601 R. Chester Loves Martyr 117 The Spring-delighting bird we call the Cuckow. 1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Colchicum Spring-flowering Meadow-Saffron. 1817 J. Keats Poems 33 What is it that hangs from thy shoulder, so brave, Embroidered with many a springpeering flower? 1852 W. Wickenden Hunchback's Chest x. 281 In the spring-budding meadows. 1927 Dunstan Times (N.Z.) 1 Aug. 2/5 The cathedral grounds are full of..azaleas and lilacs, and of all the other lovely spring-blossoming shrubs. 1972 H. Heckman Island Year 79 The spring-burgeoning forest canopy shuts out sunlight. 2006 R. Hannesson in R. Hannesson et al. Climate Change & Econ. World's Fisheries iii. 68 The story of the Norwegian spring-spawning herring over the past 50 or so years is a dramatic one. < as lemmas |
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