单词 | feu dartifice |
释义 | feu d'artificen. Fireworks (sense 3c). Also transferred. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > firework > [noun] > collectively feu d'artifice1699 squibbery1824 Brock's benefit1920 1699 M. Lister Journey to Paris (ed. 3) 180 The Cardinal of Furstenbourgh..closed the publick Rejoicings for the conclusion of the Peace with the last Feu d'Artifice. 1818 E. Blaquière tr. F. Pananti Narr. Resid. Algiers ii. 59 The many salutes..reminded me that there are feux d'artifice, as well as feux de joie. 1834 M. Edgeworth Helen I. xv. 312 ‘Well, fireworks if you will,’ said Lady Davenant,..‘it's all feu d'artifice after all.’ 1916 G. Saintsbury Peace of Augustans viii. 286 As a sort of poetical feu d'artifice the things are fine. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1699 |
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