| 单词 | to carry , gain, get, win, go away with the garland |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto carry (away), gain, get, win, go away with (etc.) the garland c. The wreath or crown conferred upon the victor in the Greek and Roman games, or upon the hero of any great exploit. Hence in phrases (chiefly figurative), to carry (away), gain, get, win, go away with (etc.) the garland = to be the victor in a contest, to gain the victory. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > winning, losing, or scoring > [noun] > winning or win > awards and prizes garland?a1513 plate1639 cupc1640 dog plate1686 gold medal1694 gold cup1718 sweepstake1773 trophy1822 bronze medal1852 shield1868 statuette1875 pot1885 team honours1895 letter1897 silver medal1908 school colour1913 gold1945 bronze1960 silver1960 Fed Cup1965 the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > token of victory or supreme excellence > [noun] > award for merit > wreath or fillet crownOE wreathOE garland?a1513 a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 133 At feastis and brydallis wpaland He wan the gre and the garland. 1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xii. 190 The Garlond of Oke, he giueth..to such as..first..enter the breach, or get vp vpon the wall of a Towne..assaulted. 1593 Queen Elizabeth I tr. Boethius De Consolatione Philosophiæ in Queen Elizabeth's Englishings (1899) 81 As a Runner in a race has a guarland for which he ran, in rewarde. 1596 T. Danett tr. P. de Commynes Hist. vi. ii. 206 When war beginneth in England, in ten daies or lesse the one or the other getteth the garland. 1606 P. Holland tr. Suetonius Hist. Twelve Caesars 2 At the winning of Mitylenæ, Thermvs honored him with a Civike guirland. 1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 25 Galen hath wonne the Girlond from them all. 1642 T. Fuller Holy State v. xv. 420 Where one gaineth a garland of bayes, hundreds have had a wreath of hemp. 1658 J. Rowland tr. T. Moffett Theater of Insects in Topsell's Hist. Four-footed Beasts (rev. ed.) 910 That [honey] which carries away the garland and is esteemed above the rest, is yellow. 1705 T. Hearne Ductor Historicus (ed. 2) I. ii. v. 153 Yet perhaps he [sc. Thucydides] has won the Garland from all those who have represented many and great Occurrences. 1725 J. Coats New Dict. Heraldry (1739) at Crown There were also among the Romans several sorts of Crowns, or Garlands, given to those who had perform'd some signal Services in War, and were known by the Names of Triumphal, Civick, Vallar, Mural, Naval, and Obsidional. 1862 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia III. xiii. xiii. 573 Nor is Prince Karl's left wing gaining garlands just at this moment. < as lemmas |
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