单词 | the prater |
释义 | > as lemmasThe Prater The Prater: (the name of) a large wooded park in Vienna. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > fertile land or place > parkland > [noun] > specific park The Prater1803 1803 C. Wilmot Let. 2 Aug. in Irish Peer on Continent (1920) 207 The Prater..is esteem'd the most magnificent public walk and drive in Europe. 1819 M. Wilmot More Lett. (1935) 20 The turn out in the Prater of a Sunday Eveg is Magnificent. 1870 G. H. Lewes Jrnl. 10 Apr. in ‘G. Eliot’ Lett. (1956) V. 89 Lytton then proposed that we should drive in the Prater. 1911 Encycl. Brit. XXVIII. 52/1 The Prater, a vast expanse (2000 acres) of wood and park on the east side of the city, between the Danube and the Danube Canal, is greatly frequented by all classes. 1938 W. J. Turner Mozart xvi. 312 One fine autumn day when they were sitting in the beautiful Prater, Mozart spoke of his approaching death. 1996 L. Al-Hafidh et al. Europe: Rough Guide (ed. 3) ii. i. 77 The public were allowed access to the Prater by Josef II, who apparently walked here often himself, quixotically ordering passing members of the public not to salute him. < as lemmas |
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