| 单词 | to go primrosing |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto go (a) primrosing 1. intransitive. To look for or gather primroses; esp. in to go (a) primrosing. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > picking or gathering > [verb (intransitive)] > gather flowers violet1813 primrose1830 1830 M. R. Mitford Let. in A. G. L'Estrange Life M. R. Mitford (1870) II. 301 I..had gone to a copse primrosing. 1830 M. R. Mitford Our Village IV. 130 She..liked nothing so well as to..run about the woods and fields..primrosing or bird's-nesting, according to the season. 1941 E. Bowen Look at all those Roses 122 This afternoon..we'll go primrosing. 1949 J. Brooke Mine of Serpents ii. i. 73 Often we picnicked and primrosed in the wood for hours without meeting the keeper. 1973 J. Thomson Death Cap vi. 88 To go bird's-nesting, or blackberrying or primrosing. 1982 Manch. Guardian Weekly (Nexis) 28 Feb. 19 My family..used to celebrate this ephemeral foretaste of spring by going a-primrosing. On the first available Sunday afternoon we sauntered down to the woods to pick bunches of primroses. < as lemmas |
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