单词 | catherine |
释义 | Catherinen. The name of a legendary Saint and Martyr of Alexandria; whence a female Christian name. 1. The name of a kind of carriage. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > carriage for conveying persons > [noun] > types of carriage > light carriage > two-wheeled timwhisky1768 whisky1769 gig1791 rib chair1795 shandry1802 trap1807 tilbury1814 dennet1818 chaise-cart1821 spring-cart1823 go-cart1824 jockey-cart1840 guinguette1852 Catherine1861 croydon1880 stolkjaerre1885 Ralli car1886 1861 P. B. Ainslie Reminisc. Sc. Gentleman 172 I accompanied Miss Baillie to the review in her catherine, a carriage nearly similar to a gig, but with a roof raised on rods, to give protection from the sun. [This was in Jamaica.] 2. a. Catherine pear n. a small and early variety of pear. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > pear > early-ripening varieties pere-jonettec1390 rosewater pear1629 Catherine peara1642 Robine1658 jargonelle1693 jenneting pear1694 summer rose1860 a1642 J. Suckling Poems 39 in Fragmenta Aurea (1646) Streaks of red were mingled there, Such as are on a Katherne Pear, (The side that's next the Sun). 1720 J. Gay Pastorals iii Catherine pears adorn my ruddy cheek. 1819 G. Crabbe Tales of Hall I. x. 266 'Twas not the lighter red, that partly streaks The Catherine pear, that brighten'd o'er her cheeks. b. Catherine plum n. a variety of plum. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > trees or plants bearing stone fruit > plum-tree > types of damson treea1398 bullace-treec1440 bullester1500 bullace1616 lote-tree1640 Catherine plum1691 white plum1696 bullet-bush1732 lotus1760 wild plum1838 wild-goose plum1909 apricot plum1957 1691 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense (ed. 8) 169 Plums..Damasq, Violet, Date, Catharine. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.a1642 |
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