单词 | the garden of |
释义 | > as lemmasthe garden of —— b. A region of great fertility. Chiefly in the garden of ——. the Garden of England: a name given to Kent, known for its abundance of fruit and crops, and sometimes to other similarly fertile counties or regions. the Garden of France: a name given to the traditional French province of Touraine. [After Middle French jardin de France, French jardin de la France (16th cent.; 15th cent. applied to the Loire valley).] ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > fertile land or place > [noun] garden1592 oasis1613 1592 J. Eliot Survay France 29 Tours is one of the welthiest towns in Fraunce, as well in respect of the fruitfulnesse of the Soile, which is termed the garden of Fraunce. 1610 R. Vaughan Most Approved Water-workes sig. M2 If the Principality were duly imploied, & each acre handled according to some plots begun, I would hope to liue to see Wales called the Garden of England. a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) i. i. 4 I am arriu'd for fruitfull Lumbardie, The pleasant garden of great Italy. View more context for this quotation 1675 J. Beale Let. 17 Apr. in H. Oldenburg Corr. (1977) XI. 280 Sr H Platts..taught ye people..to make of worst land in England, to be ye Richest, from ye West to ye Garden of England. 1716 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 5 Aug. (1965) I. 250 The whole Country appears a large Garden. 1762 J. Campbell Acct. Spanish Settlem. in Amer. ii. vi. 106 This province is so pleasant, as well as fruitful, that it may be justly called the garden of America. 1822 D. Wordsworth Jrnl. 25 Sept. (1941) II. 380 This part of the Vale of Clyde is called the garden of Scotland. I should rather name it the fruitery. 1885 B. L. Farjeon Sacred Nugget i. vii. 31 Kent's my county, but even in the garden of England they can't grow finer roses than them. 1943 G. E. Mannering Eighty Years N.Z. 82 Taranaki had been justly called ‘The Garden of New Zealand’ from the early times of settlement. 1985 D. Simpson Last seen Alive iii. 32 Sturrenden is a busy market town in the heart of the Garden of England, as Kent is often called. 2008 R. Sissons Coach Load Chaos viii. 97 William was down to breakfast early on Tuesday morning. The weather was perfect in the Garden of France. < as lemmas |
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