| 单词 | love-shaft |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslove-shaft love-shaft n. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > amorous love > [noun] > god or goddess of love > Cupid's arrow love-shaft1600 1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream ii. i. 159 Cupid..loos'd his loue-shaft smartly, from his bowe. View more context for this quotation 1656 J. Collop Poesis Rediviva 76 Cupid of thy shoulders makes a bow, From whence fly love shafts wounding. 1692 H. Purcell Fairy-queen ii. 12 Cupid..Let flye his Love-Shaft smartly from his Bow. 1838 Bentley's Misc. 3 544 I have generally observed that a love-shaft pierces through nine hundred and ninety-nine hearts at once. 1993 D. S. Olson Confessions Aubrey Beardsley (1994) x. 199 Andreé..watches from the shade of a garden pavilion, perhaps wishing that the arrows were love-shafts intended for him. < as lemmas |
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