| 单词 | locks and keys |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslocks and keys locks and keys n. chiefly English regional (midlands and southern) (in plural) the seeds of certain trees, such as the ash, sycamore, or maple, which resemble a key in shape; cf. key n.1 13. ΚΠ 1831 L. E. Landon Romance & Reality III. xvi. 277 High above stood the ash-tree, its boughs covered with the toy-like bunches called ‘locks and keys’. 1837 J. F. Palmer Gloss. in M. Palmer Dialogue Devonshire Dial. Locks-and-Keys, the seed-pods of the ash and sycamore. 1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words I Locks-and-keys. Ash-keys. West. 1913 G. C. Nuttall Trees & how they Grow 69 All through the summer its fruits have been forming... They hang in great bunches—‘Ash Keys’..‘Cats and Keys’, ‘Locks and Keys’, are country names for them. 1939 E. Carr Jrnl. 14 Sept. in Hundreds & Thousands (2006) 406 The old rusted ‘locks and keys’ jangle in a whisper above the maple. < as lemmas |
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