单词 | infant state |
释义 | > as lemmasinfant state c. attributive or adj. Of or belonging to an infant or infants, proper to or intended for an infant or infants; childlike; childish; infantile, as infant bands, infant blood, infant breath, infant class, infant cradle, infant eye, infant gaud, infant state, infant softness, infant weakness, infant welfare, infant years, etc. Also infant-school n. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > baby or infant > [adjective] > relating to or characteristic of babish1532 infantc1595 infantical1601 infantine1603 infantlya1640 infantile1696 nursling1793 c1595 Countess of Pembroke Psalme lxxi. 52 in Coll. Wks. (1998) II. 88 By thee from infant Cradle Taught. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) Epil. 9 Henry the Sixt, in Infant Bands crown'd King. View more context for this quotation 1651–3 Bp. J. Taylor Serm. for Year (1678) 282 Though it be a shame to us to need such allectives and infant-gauds. 1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd ii. 78 The Murd'rous King..who sought his life, and missing fill'd With Infant blood the streets of Bethlehem. View more context for this quotation a1711 T. Ken Hymns for Festivals in Wks. (1721) I. 386 You in their Infant-age, To tender them engage. 1720 R. Welton tr. T. Alvares de Andrade Sufferings Son of God I. viii. 190 Even thro' Thy Infant-State, I behold Thy Majesty. 1720 R. Welton tr. T. Alvares de Andrade Sufferings Son of God I. iv. 76 That Infant-Weakness which Thou took'st upon Thee! 1792 S. Rogers Pleasures Mem. ii. 392 The joys and sorrows of our infant-years. 1918 79th Ann. Rep. Registrar-General 1916 (Cd. 8869) 35 Infant welfare organisations might well devote special attention to the first days of the life of illegitimate children. 1922 Encycl. Brit. XXX. 650/2 Infant Welfare Centres.—The first task has been to coördinate the work at the Infant Centre and the visitation of the mothers in their own homes. 1939 M. Spring Rice Working-class Wives p. vii Better methods of mothercraft through the influence of the Infant Welfare Centre. 1962 Guardian 9 Mar. 8/2 The orders might contain..infant welfare foods (distributed as a voluntary service). < as lemmas |
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