| 单词 | apollo's swan |
| 释义 | > as lemmasApollo's swan b. In classical mythology, the swan was sacred to Apollo (hence Apollo's swan is used allusively) and to Venus (occasionally, as by Shakespeare, wrongly ascribed to Juno). ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [noun] > excellent person gemc1275 blooma1300 excellence1447 mirrorc1450 man of mena1470 treasure?1545 paragon1548 shining light1563 Apollo's swan?1592 man of wax1597 rara avis1607 Titan1611 choice spirita1616 excellency1725 inestimable1728 inimitable1751 cock of the walk1781 surpasser1805 shiner1810 swell1816 trump1819 tip-topper1822 star1829 beauty1832 soarer1895 trumph1895 pansy1899 Renaissance man1906 exemplum virtutis1914 museum piece1920 superman1925 flyer1930 pistol1935 all-star1949 the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > [noun] > friend > person extremely loving or friendly with another swan?1592 the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Cyginae (swans) > [noun] > member of genus Cygnus (miscellaneous) > cygnus olor (common swan) swanc700 Apollo's swan?1592 mute swan1785 queen-bird1830 ?1592 Trag. Solyman & Perseda iv. i. 70 But what two Christian Virgins haue we here?.. I should haue deemd them Iunoes goodly Swannes, Or Venus milke white Doues. 1593 G. Harvey New Let. in Wks. (1884) I. 277 The brauest man is..A Lion in the field, a Lamme in the towne: A Ioues Eagle in feude, an Apollos Swanne in society. a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) i. iii. 74 Like Iunos Swans, Still we went coupled and inseperable. View more context for this quotation < as lemmas |
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