单词 | hawthorn bush |
释义 | > as lemmashawthorn bush C1. attributive, as hawthorn bough, hawthorn bud, hawthorn bush, hawthorn hedge, etc. ΚΠ c1330Hawe-þorn bouȝ [see sense 1]. c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 650 Were it of wodebynde or hawethorn [Lansdowne heiþorne] leues. 1423 Kingis Quair xxxi And so with treis set Was all the place, and hawthorn hegis knet. 1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream iii. i. 4 This greene plot shall be our stage, this hauthorne brake our tyring house. 1770 O. Goldsmith Deserted Village 13 The hawthorn bush, with seats beneath the shade, For talking age and whisp'ring lovers made. 1890 D. Gerard Lady Baby viii. 187 The hedges were strung with pearls of hawthorn-buds. < as lemmas |
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