单词 | earth-beetle |
释义 | > as lemmasearth-beetle c. With the sense ‘of, from, or relating to the ground’, ‘dwelling or existing on, near, or below the surface of the ground’, as earth-beetle, earth-bird, earth-damp, earth-hole, etc. ΚΠ eOE King Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care (Hatton) (1871) xxviii. 197 He [sc. David] wæs gehyd on anum eorðscræfe mid his monnum. OE Antwerp Gloss. (1955) 81 Tauri, eorðceaperas [read eorðceaferas]. a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 139 He turnde..fro mennes wunienge to wilde deores, and ches þere crundel to halle and eorðhole to bure. ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 106 Þeose..beoð eorð briddes. & nisteð on þe orðe. c1390 (a1325) Ipotis (Vernon) 167 in C. Horstmann Altengl. Legenden (1881) 2nd Ser. 343 (MED) God maade Adam..of þinges seuene..Erþe-slym was on of þo. ?c1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (Paris) (1971) 386 (MED) Of erþe farne [L. politrici]. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 379 A kind of earth-beetles called tauri, i. Buls. 1664 H. Oldenburg Let. 25 Aug. in R. Boyle Corr. (2001) II. 301 He affirms, that the Earthdamp is a vapor not at all visible. 1724 J. Saunders Compl. Fisherman 230 A common Earth Grub. 1814 W. Scott Waverley II. xiv. 221 The light usually carried by a miner..certain to be extinguished should he encounter the more formidable hazard of earth-damps or pestiferous vapours. View more context for this quotation 1854 Jrnl. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 1853 22 527 They are sometimes found on the surface of the ground in rainy weather, but are generally dug out of the earth. They are called earth-snakes by the natives. 1958 C. Achebe Things fall Apart iv. 29 The young tendrils were protected from earth-heat with rings of sisal leaves. 1992 Rodale Bk. Composting (new ed.) x. 196 At earth level over the pit he placed a rectangular, bottomless and topless, wooden box of slightly larger dimensions than the hole. < as lemmas |
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