| 单词 | the mail |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe Mail The game of pall-mall; a place where the game was played. Hence: a public promenade bordered by trees; the Mail: the Mall in St James's Park, London (see mall n.1).High Mail: see the first element. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > path or place for walking > [noun] > promenade maidan?1551 parado1612 promenade1648 mailc1660 esplanade1682 parade1697 outwalk1698 mall1710 alameda1717 paseo1832 walk1843 block1869 broadwalk1930 society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > path or place for walking > [noun] > promenade > specifically in St. James's Park the Mailc1660 mallc1660 the Mall1673 c1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1644 (1955) II. 146 Recreating my selfe sometimes at the Maill, & sometymes about the Towne. [See ante, p. 145, where the word appears as mall.] 1670 S. Wilson Lassels's Voy. Italy (new ed.) i. 29 Going out of the house, you finde a hansome Mail, and Rare Ponds of water. 1705 J. Addison Remarks Italy 217 A Highway..near as long and as broad as the Mail in St. James's Park. 1903 Westm. Gaz. 11 Feb. 1/3 A long mail of elms looks down into the gulf.] < as lemmas |
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