单词 | summer blink |
释义 | > as lemmassummer blink summer blink n. chiefly Scottish now rare a short spell of sunshine, esp. in dull weather (= summer-blenk n.); frequently figurative and in figurative contexts. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > naturally occurring light > [noun] > sunlight or sunshine > burst or spell of sunshine1590 sun blast1622 summer-blenk1637 summer blink1641 sunburst?1815 sunbreak1826 sun flash1834 1641 T. Urquhart Epigrams ii. 34 As singing Grashoppers, a fond Youth revels In Summer blinks: & starves when tempests rage. 1817 Weekly Monitor 13 Sept. 184 It matters not much to him who is going but out of one door into another, whether it be in a summer-blink, or winter-blast, since a few steps finish his journey. 1851 A. Maclagan Sketches from Nature 64 Like the sun's summer blink on the face o' a hill. 1979 J. J. Graham Shetland Dict. 76/2 Simmer blink, a short gleam of sunshine. < as lemmas |
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