单词 | film of death |
释义 | > as lemmasfilm of death a. An abnormal layer of tissue, pus, etc., covering the surface of the eye or eyelid; (also) †an opacity of the cornea or lens (obsolete). Also (more fully film of death): such a layer (supposedly) covering the eye and obscuring the vision in a dying person. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > [noun] > film or web filmOE rima1382 weba1398 mailc1440 pin and weba1450 nebula1661 weft1661 haze1820 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > [noun] > film or web > specifically in dying person filmOE OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 1st Ser. (Royal) (1997) xxvii. 401 Ða mid þysum wordum feollon swilce fylmene of his eagum, & he þærrihte gesihðe underfeng, & to fulluhte beah. 1575 G. Turberville Bk. Faulconrie 300 There is another disease in the eye, called a Filme, whiche commeth sometimes of disease in the head. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 367 The webs, filmes, and cataracts which trouble the eyesight. 1680 Country-mans Physician 8 The Film or Cataract is Cured by the Pouder of Sugar-Candy, Tutty, white Coperas, mixt equal parts. 1712 A. Pope Messiah in Spectator No. 349 He from thick Films shall purge the visual Ray. 1730 W. Burdon Gentleman's Pocket-farrier 58 If a Philm grows over the Eye. 1762 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy VI. x. 45 The film forsook his eyes for a moment. 1822 W. Hazlitt Table-talk I. vii. 147 An odd fancy, like a film before the eye. 1876 L. Morris Epic of Hades ii. 26 O'er his glaring eyes the films of death Crept. 1910 M. F. Smithes Children of Desert iii. 17 His poor eyes with the white films drawn over them. 1919 C. A. Wood in Pract. Med. Series III. 45 The skim-milk film of vernal conjunctivitis is not seen on the lid in trachoma. 2000 S. Henderson Life Compl. i. ii. 70 His shiny black eyes turned dull with the film of death. 2007 G. M. Woerlee Unholy Legacy Abraham v. 133 Light entering her eyes must pass through this thick white film covering the corneas of both her eyes. < as lemmas |
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