| 释义 |
eyebright, a. and n.|ˈaɪbraɪt|
[f. eye n.1 + bright.]
†A. adj. Bright to the eye, clear. Obs. rare—1.
1607Lingua ii. v. in Hazl. Dodsley IX. 381 The shooting stars, Which in an eye-bright evening seem to fall.
B. n.
1. The popular name of the plant Euphrasia officinalis, formerly in repute as a remedy for weak eyes: = euphrasy.
1533Elyot Cast. Helthe (1541) 11 b, Thynges good for the eyes: Eyebryght: Fenell. 1585Lloyd Treas. Health xii. E vij, Take of the wood of Aloes, of eybright [etc.]. 1612Drayton Poly-olb. xiii. 202 He Fumitorie gets, and Eye⁓bright for the eye. 1671Salmon Syn. Med. iii. xxii. 399 Eye bright..strengthens the head, eyes and memory, clears the sight. 1718Quincy Compl. Disp. 79 Eyebright flowers in June. 1758Mrs. Delany Life & Corr. III. 507 The purple vetch and eyebright soften the golden furs and glowing heath. 1848C. A. Johns Week at Lizard 271 We find.. eye-bright with thick fleshy leaves. 1883R. Turner in Gd. Words Dec. 790/2 The pretty little Eyebright..had at one time a great reputation as an eye-clearer.
b. attrib. Prepared from euphrasy. Also in names of other plants or medicaments used as remedies for weak sight.
1597Gerard Herbal i. lxii. §3. 85 Eiebright Cow wheate. 1616Surfl. & Markh. Country Farme 43 Drinke euerie morning a small draught of Eye-bright wine. 1648Hunting of Fox 39 The Eye-bright water of Repentance. 1656Ridgley Pract. Physick 118 Ey-bright oyl made of the flowers of Succory. 1747Wesley Prim. Physic (1762) 60 Use Eye bright Tea daily. 1884Miller Plant-n., Eye⁓bright Cow-wheat. The genus Bartsia.
†2. ? ‘A kind of ale in Elizabeth's time’ (Latham). Obs.
1610B. Jonson Alch. v. i, Men and women..[have] been seen to flock here..In days of Pimlico and Eye-bright. |