| 单词 | first sprung |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfirst sprung 1. That has arisen, grown, or come into existence. Chiefly with preceding modifying word, as first sprung, high sprung, naturally sprung. Sometimes with up. See also new-sprung adj. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > [adjective] > that has grown upsprungc1000 sprouted?c1475 sprungc1485 speared1577 sprit1688 shot?1830 in full flush1893 the world > existence and causation > existence > [adjective] > coming into existence > that has come into existence sprungc1485 upstarted1602 uprisen1621 the world > existence and causation > causation > source or origin > [adjective] > originated or derived secondary1398 extract1483 sprungc1485 derivatea1513 extraughtc1515 derivative1530 derived1600 deductive1646 originated1647 originate1679 unprimitive1684 excretitious1820 originant1825 derivational1843 originary1886 extracted1903 c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Knychthede (1993) iv. 28 A man of a new sprongyn lygnye. 1550 N. Lesse tr. St. Augustine Of Vertue of Perseueraunce xxiii. in tr. St. Augustine Predestination of Saints sig. &.viiv Thys predestination, which we nowe do defend..against a sort of newe sprong vp heretiques [L. novos haereticos]. 1575 G. Gascoigne Dan Bartholmew (new ed.) in Posies p.lxxi God he knoweth..who pluckt hir first sprong rose. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. ix. 415 The high sprung Woods, threatning the clouds. 1765 J. Brown Christian Jrnl. 32 Lord, how oft do thick and high sprung weeds of corruption in my heart and practice, hide, even from myself, every proper appearance of grace. 1805 in Jrnls. Lewis & Clark Exped. (1990) VI. 16 Those Indians were all armed with Pistols or bows and arrows ready Sprung war axes &c. 1895 Daily News 25 Mar. 8/6 The newly sprung-up competition from the United States makers of this..tool. 1920 19th Cent. & After Dec. 1100 A sprung-up field of corn, a couple of new cottages, a landmark removed from a once-familiar landscape and—you are all at sea. 1980 R. Mabey Common Ground ii. i. 62 Wendover Wood is a large plantation (a collection of deliberately planted trees, as distinct from a naturally ‘sprung’ wood). < as lemmas |
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