| 单词 | vew tree |
| 释义 | > as lemmasvew tree More fully vew tree: a yew tree. Also: the wood of the yew. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > conifers > yew trees > [noun] yeweOE yew treea1398 tax1541 vew1570 shin wood1778 ground-hemlock1807 taxad1846 Pacific yew1903 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > [noun] > yew as timber tree yeweOE yew treea1398 elk1541 tax1541 vew1570 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. H.ii/2 A vew tree, taxus i haec. 1593 in J. Eastwood Hist. Parish Ecclesfield (1862) 219 To Thomas Jepson for leadinge of earthe to ye benche about the vewe tree &c. ijs iiijd. a1600 (c1515) Flodden Field (Harl. 367) l. 319 in I. F. Baird Poems Stanley Family (D.Phil. thesis, Univ. of Birm.) (1990) 265 A Scottishe mynstrell..broughte a bowe of vewe to drawe. 1622 Inventory in Notes & Queries (1852) July 10/1 Item foure Spanishe veiwe bowes wth a quiver and arrowes at xls. 1674 O. Heywood Autobiogr., Diaries, Anecd. & Event Bks. (1883) III. 213 4 view trees set about my house Sept. 1. 1674. 1699 M. Lister Journey to Paris (new ed.) 215 Here are several Acres of young Pines, Cypresses, Vues, &c. 1790 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. (ed. 2) Suppl. View-tree, yew-tree. 1826 R. Wilbraham Attempt Gloss. Cheshire (ed. 2) 87 Vew, or View..a yew-tree. 1884 Notes & Queries 9 234/1 Yew Trees called View Trees. 1896 W. W. Skeat & T. Hallam Pegge's Two Coll. Derbicisms 79 Vew or View,..the yew tree. 1955 G. Grigson Englishman's Flora 24 Yew... Local names..Palm-tree, Kent; Vew, Ches, Derb, Lancs, Yks. 1998 Times (Nexis) 3 Oct. The fact that the tree itself bears only five common names..‘vew’ in Cheshire across to Yorks and yew to the madding crowd. < as lemmas |
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