单词 | full-orbed |
释义 | > as lemmasfull-orbed full-orbed adj. chiefly literary (a) (esp. of the moon) having its disc completely illuminated; also figurative; (b) consisting of or having the form of a complete sphere. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > planet > primary planet > moon > phase > [adjective] > full fulleOE high-fullc1300 full-faced1595 full-orbed1638 plenilunary1646 plenilunar1767 full-sphered1832 plenilunal1882 1638 T. Nabbes Covent Garden iii. iv. 36 The full orb'd Moone Borne on nights dewie wings. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 42 Now reignes Full Orb'd the Moon. View more context for this quotation 1717 J. Bulkeley Last Day i. 6 The full-orbed Sun shall wast His golden Showers. 1843 H. B. Stowe Mayflower 146 Bright golden squashes, and full-orbed yellow pumpkins. 1871 R. B. Vaughan St. Thomas of Aquin II. 644 The steady full-orbed revelation of Jesus Christ. 1909 A. C. Benson Ode to Japan in Poems 47 The pointed bud outbreaks the full-orbed flower. 1986 D. Carey Battlestations! xi. 244 Behind them, other vessels appeared, all different—claviform, turnip-shaped, biform, full-orbed. 2001 R. H. Shickler & E. M. Eveland Lake Trout ii. 45 Instead of a darkened new moon, a brilliant full-orbed satellite illuminated the land and waterscape. 2014 J. Read Catherine Booth viii. 205 This chapter argued that Catherine's ordo salutis represented a full-orbed scheme of salvation in which [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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