单词 | enrobe |
释义 | enrobev. transitive. To put a robe upon, dress in a robe. Also transferred and figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > provide with clothing [verb (transitive)] > in specific way > with specific garments > robe or robes robea1400 apparel1576 enrobe1593 vest1639 re-robe1795 1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares f. 20v The Sunne..shal enrobe himselfe in scarlette. 1614 Sir W. Leighton in E. Farr Sel. Poetry Reign James I (1848) 265 This leprous corps of sinne with rags enrobe. a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) iv. vi. 40 Quaint in greene, she shall be loose en-roab'd . View more context for this quotation 1738 J. Wesley Coll. Psalms & Hymns (new ed.) civ. 2 With Light Thou dost Thyself enrobe. 1850 Chambers' Edinb. Jrnl. 14 30 The Nepaulese envoy, all sumptuously enrobed and glittering with jewels. 1862 J. M. Neale Hymns Eastern Church 138 Enrob'd in earthly frame. Derivatives enˈrober n. one who enrobes. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > [noun] > in specific way > with specific clothing > robe or robes > one who enrober1598 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes at Inuestitore An inuestor, an installer, an enrober, an endower, a presentor. Draft additions December 2005 transitive. Cookery. To provide with a coating, esp. one of chocolate; to coat, cover, or envelop. Usually in passive. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > preparing confectionery > prepare confection [verb (transitive)] confection1541 confectionate?1589 enrobe1915 1915 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald 2 Mar. 3/5 (advt.) All this deliciousness is enrobed in our pure chocolate blended with finely chopped peanuts. 1964 Sunday Times Recorder (Zanesville, Ohio) 22 Mar. a7/3 Delicately swirled chocolate enrobes fruit, nut center. 1989 Grocer 21 Jan. 116/4 Fresh Scottish salmon, layered with spinach and sorrel, enrobed in a light lattice finished puff pastry case. 2003 Observer 13 Apr. (Food Monthly Suppl.) 7/1 It's an almond kernel housed within a date and enrobed in dodgy Middle Eastern chocolate. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1593 |
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