| 单词 | frost piece |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfrost piece frost piece n. (a) a painting that depicts a wintry landscape or scene; †(b) an unfeeling or emotionally unresponsive person (esp. a woman) (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [noun] > coldness or lack of warm feeling > person icicle1648 frigot1683 frost piece1690 anthropolith1804 iceberg1840 touch-me-not1840 icebox1909 cold fish1941 1690 Coll. Paintings Mod. Masters 1 A Frost piece by a Dutch master. 1747 S. Richardson Clarissa I. xxxi. 199 The little hold I have in the heart of this charming frost-piece. 1783 H. Cowley Which is the Man? iii. i. 30 What says the little frost-piece, Julia? 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth viii, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. III. 197 Away, villain, and marshal in this fair frost-piece. 1900 M. H. Spielmann Wallace Coll. in Hertford House vii. 106 Andrew Schelfhout..who, dying as late as the third quarter of the nineteenth century, is known chiefly for his frost pieces and river scenes. 2008 H. Rubenhold Lady in Red 258 A ‘frost piece’ by the Dutch painter Cuyp. < as lemmas |
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