| 单词 | lungs of london |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslungs of London b. transferred and figurative, esp. as in phrase lungs of London (etc.), applied to open spaces within or adjacent to a city. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > garden > [noun] > large ornamental grounds > public park parka1635 lungs of London1808 public park1822 parklet1854 people's park1855 strip park1938 1638 J. Cleveland in Obsequies 9 in Justa Edouardo King Could not the winds..With their whole card of lungs redeem thy breath? 1808 Windham Speech against Encroachm. Hyde Park 30 June It was a saying of Lord Chatham, that the parks were the lungs of London. 1852 G. C. Mundy Our Antipodes I. ii. 39 Beyond this fence the outer domain..acts as one of the lungs of Sydney. 1874 T. Hardy Far from Madding Crowd II. i. 3 That Bathsheba was a firm and positive girl..had been the very lung of his hope. 1876 T. Hardy Hand of Ethelberta II. xlv. 219 At length something from the lungs of the gale alighted like a feather upon the pane. 1900 Q. Rev. July 51 We can with perfect safety use these old burial grounds as lungs for the overcrowded city. < as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。