单词 | castle of comedown |
释义 | > as lemmascastle of comedown ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > mental image, idea, or fancy > daydream or reverie > [noun] castle in Spainc1400 reverie1477 brown studyc1555 castle in the skies1576 castle in the air1579 comedown1583 memento1587 towers in the air1599 daydream1651 dream1732 air castle1786 châteaux in air1793 chateau(x) en Espagne1834 cloud-castle1887 pipe dream1890 fantasy1926 the world > existence and causation > existence > substantiality or concreteness > unsubstantiality or abstractness > [noun] > unsubstantiality or lack of substance > something lacking substance breathc1275 winda1382 vapour1382 cloudc1384 gossamer?a1400 webc1400 comedown1583 bubble1598 anatomy1605 carcass1612 intentional1658 blank1678 ethereality1819 breath bubble1835 1583 H. D. Godlie Treat. 87 Sufficient to haue ouerthrowne your whole castle of comedowne of iustifying by the works of the law and grace. a1635 R. Sibbes Learned Comm. 2 Cor. i. (1655) xii. 265 Many mistake, and build Castles in the Ayr, comb Downes (as we say). 1682 H. More Annot. Disc. Truth 223 in Two Choice & Useful Treat. The fairest and firmest structures of Philosophical Theorems..will become a Castle of Come-Down, and fall quite to the ground. < as lemmas |
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