| 单词 | in beauty |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin (its, their, etc.) (great, high, etc.) beauty a. in (its, their, etc.) (great, high, etc.) beauty: in a state of beauty; at the height of beauty; spec. (of a plant) in bloom. Now archaic. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > flower or flowering plant > [adjective] > having flowers or blossom > in bloom blownc1000 full-blown1576 flowering1592 in beauty1629 flowered1633 in bloom1645 new-blown1656 blooming1664 blowing1667 in flower1697 in (their) flowers1697 abloom1729 blow1744 aflower1869 1629 J. Parkinson Paradisi in Sole 120 The two first..flower the earliest.., and abide a great while in flower, in great beauty. 1652 N. Culpeper Eng. Physitian (new ed.) 195/2 It is in its beauty about June, and the Seed ripeneth shortly after. 1736 T. Sheridan Let. 12 May in Lett. Swift (1768) VI. cxx. 135 Our country is now in high beauty, and every inch of it walkable. 1786 G. White Jrnl. 17 Sept. (1970) xix. 282 My potted balsams..are still in beauty, tho' they have been blowing now more than three months. 1814 J. Austen Mansfield Park III. ix. 181 We have cards for her first party on the 28th.—Then she will be in beauty . View more context for this quotation 1828 R. Green Treat. Cultiv. Ornamental Flowers 52 If planted at the same time, [they] will succeed, and be in their beauty when the others are gone. 1878 Jrnl. Hort., Cottage Gardener, & Country Gentleman 10 Jan. 31/2 Our old friend Zygopetalum Mackayi, which has been in beauty for some five or six weeks past. 2011 C. Brooke Heiress in Love xxviii. 348 ‘Rosamund is in great beauty this evening,’ Lady Arden commented. < as lemmas |
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