| 释义 |
Troy1|trɔɪ|
The name of an ancient city in Asia Minor, besieged and taken by the Greeks; in comb. Troy-bane, Troy-jousting; Troy-fair, Troy-town (also simply † Troy), fig. a scene of disorder or confusion (now dial.).
a1520Vox Populi 522 in Hazl. E.P.P. III. 286 And Pauper he above satte In the seate of Habrahams lappe, And was taken from thys Troye, To lyve allwaye with God in ioye. 1606Holland Sueton. 130 He represented besides, many Cirq-games,..interposing..the Troie-justing and Turnament. 1652Benlowes Theoph. i. xii, Does Troy-bane Hellen..with Angels share? 1678Otway Friendship in F. v. i, And for the Cittern, if ever Troy Town were a Tune, he master'd it upon that Instrument. 1870N. & Q. 4th Ser. VI. 300/1 Troy Fair. I heard this phrase lately employed..to describe a time of household confusion. Ibid. 401 In this part of Devonshire a room with its furniture disarranged is said to be ‘like Troy Town’. 1880W. Cornwall Gloss., Troy town, a maze; a labyrinth of streets. ‘I lost my way; 'twas a regular Troy town’. |