| 单词 | buried treasure |
| 释义 | > as lemmasburied treasure b. Laid, sunk, or concealed under ground. buried treasure; also figurative and attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > [adjective] > covered > covered over > under the ground buried1720 the mind > possession > wealth > wealth or riches > [noun] > hoarded wealth > treasure > other types of buried treasure1801 1720 A. Pope Verses Addison's Medals in Wks. 10 Some bury'd marble half preserves a name. 1801 R. Southey Thalaba I. iii. 115 Some open rocks and mountains, and lay bare Their buried treasures. 1851 (title) Buried treasures. Part I. The law of liberty: a letter on toleration, by John Locke. Part II. Milton ‘on the civil power in ecclesiastical causes’. 1863 C. Lyell Geol. Evid. Antiq. Man 9 A flint instrument from below a buried trunk of one of these pines. 1886 A. Symons Introd. Browning Pref. Criticism is..a hazel-switch for the discovery of buried treasure. 1896 H. James in Cosmopolis I. 390 Vereker's secret..the string the pearls were strung on, the buried treasure. 1904 E. Nesbit Phoenix & Carpet ii. 42 ‘I believe it is a buried treasure,’ he cried... I wonder what you would say if you suddenly came upon a buried treasure? 1964 Times 11 Feb. 12/7 Catalogues..have a buried-treasure charm. < as lemmas |
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