英语词汇“house of clay”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

house of clay n. †(a) a grave; cf. clay n. 3 (obsolete); (b) the human body, esp. considered as a vessel for the soul or spirit; cf. clay n. 4a.

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1557 Earl of Surrey et al. Songes & Sonettes sig. X.iii^v Eke a shrowdyng shete, A house of claye for to be made, For such a gest most mete.

1582 T. Bentley Fift Lampe Virginitie 191 My forworne and withered bodie threateneth my decaie. This house of claie waxeth verie ruinous in euerie part thereof.

1637 S. Rutherford Let. in Joshua Redivivus (1664) i. cxxix. 252 In a house of clay, the dark grave.

1647 C. Wyvill Certaine Serious Thoughts 22 My flitting Soule must leave her house of clay.

1725 F. Gastrell Moral Proof Certainty Future State 101 We are assured, that, upon quitting this house of clay, there is a glorious and incorruptible Body to be put on.

1785 W. Cowper Task ii. 458 A heavenly mind May be indifferent to her house of clay.

1864 Atlantic Monthly Aug. 171/1 The coarsest, most degraded drudge still harbors in his wretched house of clay a divine guest.

1934 C. R. Brown They were Giants vi. 137 You shall not quite lose touch with the feeling that the soul of a man dwells in this house of clay.

2006 J. Scudder in B. Steiger Revelation x. 162 Even though we see it encased in a house of clay, commonly called the body, spirit still exists as that part of God in man.

单词	house of clay
释义	> as lemmas house of clay house of clay n. †(a) a grave; cf. clay n. 3 (obsolete); (b) the human body, esp. considered as a vessel for the soul or spirit; cf. clay n. 4a. ΚΠ 1557 Earl of Surrey et al. Songes & Sonettes sig. X.iii^v Eke a shrowdyng shete, A house of claye for to be made, For such a gest most mete. 1582 T. Bentley Fift Lampe Virginitie 191 My forworne and withered bodie threateneth my decaie. This house of claie waxeth verie ruinous in euerie part thereof. 1637 S. Rutherford Let. in Joshua Redivivus (1664) i. cxxix. 252 In a house of clay, the dark grave. 1647 C. Wyvill Certaine Serious Thoughts 22 My flitting Soule must leave her house of clay. 1725 F. Gastrell Moral Proof Certainty Future State 101 We are assured, that, upon quitting this house of clay, there is a glorious and incorruptible Body to be put on. 1785 W. Cowper Task ii. 458 A heavenly mind May be indifferent to her house of clay. 1864 Atlantic Monthly Aug. 171/1 The coarsest, most degraded drudge still harbors in his wretched house of clay a divine guest. 1934 C. R. Brown They were Giants vi. 137 You shall not quite lose touch with the feeling that the soul of a man dwells in this house of clay. 2006 J. Scudder in B. Steiger Revelation x. 162 Even though we see it encased in a house of clay, commonly called the body, spirit still exists as that part of God in man. extracted from housen.¹int. < as lemmas
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