单词 | chrysalid |
释义 | chrysalidn. 1. a. = chrysalis n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > eggs or young > [noun] > young or development of young > pupa or chrysalis nymph1577 nympha1601 aurelia1608 chrysalis1658 puppet1671 pricket1707 pupa1770 chrysalid1777 pupe1819 naiad1918 1777 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 67 75 The operations of nature in eggs, Chrysalids. 1835 R. Browning Paracelsus v. 189 Like chrysalids impatient for the air. 1871 T. R. Jones Gen. Outl. Animal Kingdom (ed. 4) 371 The chrysalid..presents very much the appearance of a small barrel. b. figurative (esp. as in chrysalis n. 2.) ΚΠ 1880 A. C. Swinburne Study of Shakespeare (ed. 2) ii. 100 The cast husk or chrysalid of the noble creature which was to arise and take shape at the transfiguring touch of Shakespeare. 2. attributive. Of or pertaining to a chrysalis (literal and figurative). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > eggs or young > [adjective] > of young > of (nature of) or relating to pupa or chrysalis chrysalidal1750 chrysaline1782 chrysalid1804 nymphine1806 chrysaloid1816 chrysalidian1851 nymphal1864 pupal1864 neanic1892 1804 W. Bingley Animal Biogr. (ed. 2) III. 226 In their chrysalid state they remain for some time..perfectly inanimate. 1864 Realm 22 June 5 We hope, when the Lord Chancellor's Bill has slept its chrysalid winter, it will come out winged with a better promise of reform. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1777 |
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