| 单词 | the apple of a person's eye |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe apple of a person's eye b. figurative and in extended use. Originally: the type of something precious. In later use chiefly the apple of a person's eye: the particular object of a person's affection or regard; a greatly cherished person or occasionally thing.In early use frequently in translations of or with allusion to biblical passages, as Psalm 17:8 ‘Keepe me as the apple of the eye: hide mee vnder the shadowe of thy wings’ (King James Bible). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > loved one > [noun] darlingc888 the apple of a person's eyeeOE lief971 light of one's eye(s)OE lovedOE my lifelOE lovec1225 druta1240 chere1297 sweetc1330 popelotc1390 likinga1393 oninga1400 onlepya1400 belovedc1430 well-beloved1447 heart-rootc1460 deara1500 delicate1531 belove1534 leefkyn1540 one and only1551 fondling1580 dearing1601 precious1602 loveling1606 dotey1663 lovee1753 passion1783 mavourneen1800 dote1809 treasure1844 seraph1853 sloe1884 darlint1888 asthore1894 darl1930 eOE King Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Otho) xxxix. 133 Se godcunda anwald gefrioðode his deorlingas under [his] fiðra sceate, & hi scilde swa geornlice [swa] swa man deð þone æppel on his eagan. OE King Ælfred tr. Psalms (Paris) (2001) xvi. 8 Geheald me, Drihten, and beorh me, swa swa man byrhð þam æplum on his eagum mid his bræwum. c1350 Psalter (BL Add. 17376) in K. D. Bülbring Earliest Compl. Eng. Prose Psalter (1891) xvi. 9 (MED) Kepe me..as þe appel of þyn eȝe [L. pupilam oculi tui]. a1400 Psalter (Vesp.) xvi. 9 in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1896) II. 147 Als appel ofe eghe yheme þou me. 1584 R. Hakluyt Disc. Western Planting (1877) vii. 59 If you touche him in the Indies, you touche the apple of his eye. 1607 E. Sharpham Cupids Whirligig iii. i. sig. Gv [A lady] that shall nourish no blood but your owne, tender your reputation as the apple of her eye, & honour euen your verie footsteps. 1693 J. Bancroft Henry II v. iii. 48 He can't live without you. You're the Apple of his Eye, the Joy of his Heart, the Lamp of his Life. a1767 M. Bruce Poems (1770) 70 His daughter beautiful and young..The perfect picture of her mother's youth, His age's hope, the apple of his eye. 1816 W. Scott Old Mortality vii, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. III. 139 Poor Richard was to me as an eldest son, the apple of my eye. 1877 Spirit of Times 15 Dec. 527/2 Col. Gildersleeve has lost his valuable setter dog Don, which animal was the apple of his eye. 1884 Harper's Mag. May 915/1 He was a master of his profession, and his journal was to him as the apple of his eye. 1930 R. Campbell Poems 11 Live and die The apple, nay the onion, of his eye? 1987 R. Mistry Tales from Firozsha Baag (1992) 145 He parked his 1932 Mercedes-Benz (he called it the apple of his eye) outside A Block. 1998 P. Jooste Dance with Poor Man's Daughter (1999) i. 23 Errol was the apple of my grandmother's eye because he was her eldest. < as lemmas |
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