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单词 imbower
释义 embower, imbower, v.|ɛm-, ɪmˈbaʊə(r), -ˈbaʊə(r)|
Also 7 imbowr(e.
[f. en-, in- + bower n.1]
1. trans. To shelter, enclose, seclude as in a bower; also absol.
1580Sidney in Farr S.P. Eliz. (1845) I. 78 Him..Whom Sion holds embowered.c1630Drummond of Hawthornden Poems Wks. (1711) 44 Ah destinies, & you whom skies embow'r.1667Milton P.L. i. 304 Vallombrosa, where th' Etrurian shades High overarch't imbouer.1738Wesley Ps. cxlvii, Ye, whom highest Heaven imbow'rs, Praise the Lord.1833Tennyson Lady of Shalott i. ii, And the silent isle imbowers The Lady of Shalott.1873Symonds Grk. Poets x. 333 Elms and..vines embower them with..rustling leaves.
2. intr. for refl. To take shelter, lodge as in a bower. ? Obs.
1591Spenser Virg. Gnat 225 Small Birds in their wide boughs embowring.1610G. Fletcher Christ's Vict. xxvii, Gaze but upon the house whear man embow'rs.
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