单词 | toil-renewing |
释义 | > as lemmastoil-renewing C1. Objective with participial adjectives, as toil-hating, toil-renewing, etc. ΚΠ 1726 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey V. xx. 452 This poor, tim'rous, toil-detesting [Gk. οὐδέ τι ἔργων ἔμπαιον] drone . 1782 W. Cowper Conversation in Poems 249 The scenes of toil-renewing light. 1859 Morning Post 23 Apr. 7/2 Gallant in war, and by nature devoted to their chiefs, the Celts are pre-eminently a toil-hating race. 1938 Times Lit. Suppl. 19 Feb. 115/3 A labelled pigeonhole is a great comfort to the toil-hating mind. 2001 C. Nadon Xenophon's Prince iii. 111 Now that toil-loving war has come to rest, it seems to me that my soul also deserves some rest. < as lemmas |
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