单词 | forget-me-not ring |
释义 | > as lemmasforget-me-not ring attributive and in other combinations, as forget-me-not blue, forget-me-not brooch, forget-me-not eyes, forget-me-not ring; forget-me-not-hued adj.; also elliptical for forget-me-not brooch or forget-me-not ring. Π 1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. II. 154 A small gold chain and a ‘Forget me not’ ring, the girl's property. 1844 C. M. Yonge Abbeychurch vi. 118 Jane gave me the pretty forget-me-not brooch I wore yesterday. 1854 C. M. Yonge Heartsease I. i. v. 85 There—that forget-me-not—the first ring I ever had. 1863 A. D. T. Whitney Faith Gartney's Girlhood xx. 131 There was the forget-me-not ring lying in her box of ornaments. 1863 A. D. T. Whitney Faith Gartney's Girlhood xxiv. 170 You must wear this, now, and keep the forget-me-not for a guard. a1877 ‘Ouida’ Tricotrin I. 522 The treacherous..glitter in her forget-me-not-hued eyes. 1887 J. Ashby-Sterry Lazy Minstrel (1892) 148 A smart little crew..In ivory-white and forget-me-not blue. 1887 J. Ashby-Sterry Lazy Minstrel (1892) 174 This sweet little lass, Raises two Forget-me-not eyes. 1894 Daily News 22 June 6/6 Dressed in forget-me-not blue chené silk. < as lemmas |
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