| 单词 | kind embrace |
| 释义 | > as lemmaskind embrace b. gen. Affectionate, loving, fond; (English regional (northern)) intimate, close. Now somewhat archaic, esp. in kind embrace.Many examples of kind embrace from the 20th cent. onwards probably show reinterpretation of the phrase as showing sense A. 11. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > affection > [adjective] chisa700 lovewendeOE lovingOE lovelyOE kinda1375 fond1539 fainingc1540 affectionate1576 affectioned1578 affectiousc1580 affectionateda1586 affecting1600 dear1609 affective1613 affectional1689 attached1734 aff1752 warm1765 lovey1920 a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 3474 Wiþ clipping & kessing & alle kinde dedus. c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) ii. l. 4028 (MED) I purpose..To wedde ȝou and ben ȝour trew man..And be to ȝou as lowly & as kynde..Þan whilom was ȝoure Menelaus. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection i. sig. Biiiv If they had ben kynde & louyng to god. ?1594 H. Constable Diana (new ed.) viii. i. sig. F4 Women are kind by kind, but coy by fashion. 1626 J. Gresham tr. Ovid Picture of Incest 22 Many nights exchange Of kind embrace betwixt these louers strange. 1709 A. Pope Autumn in Poet. Misc.: 6th Pt. vi. 741 Do Lovers dream, or is my Shepherd kind? 1735 A. Pope Of Char. of Women 9 A Spark too fickle, or a Spouse too kind. 1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words Kind, intimate—not kind, at enmity. 1854 M. Davis & J. L. Scott Scenes beyond Grave iii. 28 All eager to greet me, and receive me to their kind embrace. 1870 Ld. Tennyson Window 184 Stiles where we stay'd to be kind, Meadows in which we met. 1928 A. E. Pease Dict. Dial. N. Riding Yorks. 70/2 He's gettin ower kind with oor Polly. 2015 Times-Tribune (Scranton, Pa.) (Nexis) 18 Oct. He left St. Francis Commons with a clean shave, haircut and a kind embrace. < as lemmas |
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