| 单词 | to win and wear |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto win and wear b. To possess and enjoy as one's own. Chiefly in to win and wear (a lady as one's wife).The lit. reference may have been to a favour won in the tilt, or to a king's crown (cf. Shakespeare 2 Henry IV iv. v. 222). ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > have or possess [verb (transitive)] > possess and use or enjoy joyc1330 to fare witha1340 rejoicea1375 joisea1400 rejoy?1455 wear1573 undergo1604 1573 G. Harvey Schollers Loove in Let.-bk. (1884) 114 Thou hast woone her—weare her. 1588 R. Greene Pandosto sig. G Meleagrus is a knight that hath wonne me by loue, and none but he shal weare me. 1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing v. i. 82 Win me and weare me, let him answer me. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) i. iv. 86 You may weare her in title yours. View more context for this quotation a1625 J. Fletcher Wild-goose Chase (1652) ii. i. 13 Win 'em, and wear 'em, I give up my interest. 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa III. lxxvi. 350 I, who have won the gold, am only fit to wear it. 1847 F. Marryat Children of New Forest II. xiii. 294 As for his daughter..you have yet to ‘win her and wear her’, as the saying is. < as lemmas |
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