| 单词 | in the shadow |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin the shadow a. Protection from the sun; shade. Now rare. †in the shadow = ‘in the shade’ (shade n. 8b).‘Dry it in the shadow’ is a constant direction in pharmaceutical recipes in the 17th cent. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > intercepting or cutting off of light > [noun] > casting of a shadow > overshadowing > shadow or shade shadea1000 shadowa1375 umber1382 umbrage1426 umbrage1541 shrouda1586 umbracle1609 umbra1638 the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > intercepting or cutting off of light > intercepting or cutting off light [phrase] > in the shade in the shadow1525 in the shade1621 a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 754 Vnder a tri appeltre tok him tid a sete, þat was braunched ful brode & bar gret schadue. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 8451 Vndir þe shadow of þat tre þe kynde of þingis lerned he. 1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. ciii. [xcix.] 299 They shall be in the sonne and in great heate, and we shall be in the shadowe and in the fresshe ayre. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxviii. ix. 320 Prepared they ought to bee and dressed, before Autumne, when they be new and fresh washed, & dried in the shaddow. < as lemmas |
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