| 单词 | velvet-robed |
| 释义 | > as lemmasvelvet-robed 2. As the second element in compounds forming adjectives: wearing a robe or robes of a specified kind, as bright-robed, velvet-robed, etc. Also figurative.For more established compounds, as black-, loose-, long-robed, etc., see the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing clothing for body (and limbs) > wearing loose clothing > wearing a robe or gown > of specific kind robed?1573 ?1573 H. Cheke tr. F. Negri Freewyl ii. ii. 71 His holynesse, accompanyed with the purple robed Cardinalles, rydyng vpon Mules decked with furnitures gylt. 1649 P. Chamberlen Poore Mans Advocate 40 The peevish consumed Nation can no longer endure with patience, to waite the benefit of Long-rob'd Counsells. 1792 W. Bartram Trav. N. & S. Carolina (new ed.) iii. ii. 320 The sky robed Delphinium. 1838 E. Cook Melaia (1840) 64 Beauty shines forth In the blossom-robed trees. 1849 M. Arnold Strayed Reveller, & Other Poems 269 Passing through the dark stems Flowing-robed. 1911 E. Wherry Red Lantern ii. xxvi. 278 A band of red-robed girls was seen advancing wildly. 1947 V. Nabokov Bend Sinister 11 Suddenly, with the vividness of..a bright-robed lady on stained glass, she drifted across his retina. 2004 New Yorker 7 June 98/2 We were invited to look at Ives as a velvet-robed figure in the modernist processional. < as lemmas |
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