| 释义 |
† sparrow-blasted, a. Obs.
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Balefully stricken or blighted; thunderstruck, dumbfounded.
a1652Brome Queenes Exch. v. i, What art thow that canst look thus Piepickt, Crowtrod, or Sparrow-blasted? ha! 1682Bunyan Holy War (1905) 337 Will you never shake off your timorousness? are you afraid of being sparrow-blasted? who hath hurt you? 1823Galt Entail lxxiii, ‘Eh! Megsty me! I'm sparrow-blasted!’ exclaimed the Leddy,..lifting both her hands and eyes in wonderment. |