单词 | sweet woodruff |
释义 | > as lemmassweet woodruff sweet woodruff n. ΚΠ 1800 J. E. Smith Eng. Bot. XI. 755 Asperula odorata. Sweet Woodruff or Woodroof. sweet woodruff a. A low-growing herb ( Asperula odorata, N.O. Rubiaceæ) found in woods in Britain and Europe generally, with clusters of small white flowers, and strongly sweet-scented leaves in whorls; also descriptively or distinctively called sweet woodruff. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > woodruff woodruffc1000 wood-rowel1568 mugget1578 c1000 Sax. Leechd. I. 18 Herba astula regia þæt is wudu rofe. c1000 Sax. Leechd. II. 64 Wiþ þære winestran sidan sare wudurifan gecnuwa on eced. a1300 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 558/10 Hastula regia, i. muge de bois, i. wuderoue. a1350 in G. L. Brook Harley Lyrics (1968) 43 Away is huere wynter wo when woderoue springeþ. a1400 Stockholm Med. MS. 191 Woderowe, hastilogia. 14.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 566/20 Astula regia, woderofe. 1477–9 in H. Littlehales Medieval Rec. London City Church (1905) 81 Rose-garlondis and wodrove-garlondis. 1526 Grete Herball xli. sig. Civ/2 De astula regia. Woodroue. 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 966 In English Woodrooffe, Woodrowe, and Woodrowell. 1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xv. 170 Sherardia and Woodroof have funnel-shaped corols. 1824 J. Hogg Private Mem. Justified Sinner 136 Murder will out, though the Almighty should lend hearing to the ears of the willow, and speech to the seven tongues of the woodriff. 1872 W. Black Strange Adventures Phaeton xix. 263 As a bunch of woodruff will sweeten a lumber-room. < as lemmas |
随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。