单词 | star-proof |
释义 | > as lemmasstar-proof star-proof adj. chiefly poetic (now rare) impervious to starlight; also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > transparency or translucence > opacity > [adjective] > specific star-proof1645 1645 J. Milton Arcades in Poems 55 Under the shady roof Of branching Elm Star-proof. 1747 Museum 9 May 128 Far in the Covert of a Bushy Wood, Where aged Trees their Star-Proof Branches spread. 1873 E. Bulwer-Lytton Kenelm Chillingly I. i. xi. 83 To all female fascinations he had been hitherto star-proof. 1933 W. de la Mare Fleeting & Other Poems 18 A Roof o'er our heads Star-proof, moon immune. < as lemmas |
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