| 单词 | ashes |
| 释义 | > as lemmasashes In this sense now collective singular. ashes = kinds of ash.extracted from ashn.2ashes a. (Used, in reference to the colour of wood ashes, to express excessive pallor of the countenance.) Hence the phrase pale as ashes, and ashes used poetically for ‘death-like paleness’. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > skin > complexion > paleness > [noun] > of face wana1300 ashc1374 tallow-face1597 whey countenance1604 lily1713 suet face1896 c1374 G. Chaucer Anelida & Arcite 173 Other coloure thanne Asshen hath she noone. 1678 S. Butler Hudibras: Third Pt. iii. i. 61 Turn'd pale as Ashes, or a Clout. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 12. ¶3 Ghosts as pale as Ashes. 1814 Ld. Byron Lara i. xxviii. 599 The lip of ashes, and the cheek of flame. 1870 Ld. Tennyson Golden Supper in Holy Grail 188 And I,..saw his face Fire, and dead ashes and all fire again Thrice in a second. < as lemmas |
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