| 单词 | star-strewn |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstar-strewn c. Instrumental and locative with past participial adjectives, as star-born, star-guided, star-led, star-strewn, star-packed, etc. ΚΠ ?1594 M. Drayton Peirs Gaueston sig. G4v Od hap, good luck, or star-bred destinie. 1597 M. Drayton Englands Heroicall Epist. f. 11 v Her star-bestuded crowne. 1616 W. Drummond Poems (rev. ed.) sig. P1 Night, to this flowrie Globe Ne're show for mee thy starre-embrodred Robe. 1645 J. Milton On Christ's Nativity: Hymn iv, in Poems 2 The Star-led Wisards. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 976 In progress through the rode of Heav'n Star -pav'd. View more context for this quotation 1736 J. Thomson Britain: 4th Pt. Liberty 424 With star-directed prow, To dare the middle deep. 1786 T. Dwight in Amer. Poems (1793) I. 39 Let every sage and seer, Dreamer of dreams, and star-taught prophet hear! 1830 Ld. Tennyson Sleeping Beauty ii, in Poems 144 The silk starbraided coverlid. 1897 Atlantic Monthly Jan. 35 When he [sc. Emerson] came to put together his star-born ideas, they fitted well. 1920 J. Gregory Man to Man xxiv. 284 The field of star-strewn sky. 1962 Daily Tel. 28 Apr. 20 (heading) U.S. seeking ‘star-guided’ missile for NATO. 2014 Cranbourne (Austral.) Leader (Nexis) 5 Nov. 28 He steered a star-packed team to grand final victory. < as lemmas |
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