英语词汇“fig-leaf covering”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

> as lemmas

fig-leaf covering

3. attributive, as fig-leaf covering, fig-leaf defence.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > means of concealment > [adjective] > that disguises > something shameful

fig-leaf covering1648

1648 W. Jenkyn Ὁδηγος Τυϕλος iii. 37 The novice hath..driven you to..a meere Figg-leafe defence.

a1683 A. Sidney Disc. Govt. (1698) ii. §xxi. 157 These are imperfect Fig-leave coverings of Nakedness.

1850 J. G. Whittier Old Portraits 2 The tearing off of the fig-leaf covering of its sin.

extracted from fig leafn.

as lemmas

单词	fig-leaf covering
释义	> as lemmas fig-leaf covering 3. attributive, as fig-leaf covering, fig-leaf defence. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > means of concealment > [adjective] > that disguises > something shameful fig-leaf covering1648 1648 W. Jenkyn Ὁδηγος Τυϕλος iii. 37 The novice hath..driven you to..a meere Figg-leafe defence. a1683 A. Sidney Disc. Govt. (1698) ii. §xxi. 157 These are imperfect Fig-leave coverings of Nakedness. 1850 J. G. Whittier Old Portraits 2 The tearing off of the fig-leaf covering of its sin. extracted from fig leafn. < as lemmas
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