| 单词 | earth-worn |
| 释义 | > as lemmasearth-worn C5. Instrumental, as earth-blinded, earth-dimmed, earth-fed, earth-stained, earth-worn, etc. ΚΠ 1596 J. Davies Orchestra ciii. sig. C4 He [sc. Love] first extracted from th' earth-mingled mind That heau'nly fire, or quintessence diuine. 1607 B. Jonson Volpone iii. vii. sig. Hv Earth-fed mindes, That neuer tasted the true heau'n of loue. View more context for this quotation a1657 G. Daniel Trinarchodia: Henry V cli, in Poems (1878) IV. 138 Earth-rampeir'd Ears, expect the Drum to Call. 1708 C. Leslie Socinian Controv. Discuss'd vi. 45 They [sc. true Believers] are Stript and Divested of all their Earth Stain'd sinful Weeds. 1772 J. Spencer Hermas 65 Spurn hence these earth-worn cares. 1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus iii. viii. 94/1 Thou the Earth-blinded summonest both Past and Future. 1866 E. Peacock Eng. Church Furnit. 177 The earth-worn face of the living. 1884 W. G. Horder in Christian World Pulpit 12 Nov. 310/3 Our earth~dimmed souls. a1939 Z. Grey Black Mesa (1955) i. 13 Manning espied the moundlike hogans, earth-covered frames, that furnished homes for the nomad Indians. 1960 A. Christie Adventure of Christmas Pudding 233 Miss Greenshaw raised two earth-stained fingers to her lips. 2002 C. J. Kibert et al. Constr. Ecol. 283 There are already 2,000-3,000 earth-covered buildings in the USA. < as lemmas |
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