| 释义 |
Chorasmian, a.|kɒˈræzmɪən|
[f. Gr. Χοράσµιοι (pl.) Chorasmii + -an.]
Belonging to the Chorasmii, a tribe of Sogdiana. Chorasmian waste (poet.), the desert land south of the Sea of Aral and about the lower course of the Oxus; also allusively.
1815Shelley Alastor 272 At length upon the lone Chorasmian shore He paused. 1853M. Arnold Sohrab & Rustum 878 The majestic river..moved, Rejoicing, through the hush'd Chorasmian waste. 1890‘R. Boldrewood’ Col. Reformer xix, In this lone Chorasmian waste, Mr. Neuchamp contrived to spend his time. |