英语词汇“babe in the wood”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

babe in the wood n. (also babe in the woods) [after the title of the traditional tale Babes in the Wood, in which two children are abandoned in a wood; first published by Thomas Millington in 1595, as a ballad entitled The Norfolk Tragedy] allusive a person likened in some way to the ‘babes in the wood’, esp. in being an innocent or naive person in a potentially dangerous situation; usually in plural.

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1795 W. B. Stevens Jrnl. 26 Mar. (1965) 245 Wishes himself at home, restrained only by Principle and a Sense of Duty—A tale to tell the Babes in the Wood!

a1865 E. C. Gaskell Wives & Daughters (1866) I. xi. 131 Molly and her future stepmother wandered about in the gardens..hand in hand, like two babes in the wood.

1892 Two Tales 3 296 I heard Nursie say ta Anne the cook, ‘poor little babes in the woods, may the good Lord pity and protect them.’

1926 M. Cowley Let. 26 July in Sel. Corr. K. Burke & M. Cowley (1988) 176 She and Allen..give the impression of babes in the wood, unable to cope with the complexities of modern life.

1990 Changing Times Jan. 41/1 Buyers aren't babes in the woods when it comes to the local market.

单词	babe in the wood
释义	> as lemmas babe in the wood babe in the wood n. (also babe in the woods) [after the title of the traditional tale Babes in the Wood, in which two children are abandoned in a wood; first published by Thomas Millington in 1595, as a ballad entitled The Norfolk Tragedy] allusive a person likened in some way to the ‘babes in the wood’, esp. in being an innocent or naive person in a potentially dangerous situation; usually in plural. ΚΠ 1795 W. B. Stevens Jrnl. 26 Mar. (1965) 245 Wishes himself at home, restrained only by Principle and a Sense of Duty—A tale to tell the Babes in the Wood! a1865 E. C. Gaskell Wives & Daughters (1866) I. xi. 131 Molly and her future stepmother wandered about in the gardens..hand in hand, like two babes in the wood. 1892 Two Tales 3 296 I heard Nursie say ta Anne the cook, ‘poor little babes in the woods, may the good Lord pity and protect them.’ 1926 M. Cowley Let. 26 July in Sel. Corr. K. Burke & M. Cowley (1988) 176 She and Allen..give the impression of babes in the wood, unable to cope with the complexities of modern life. 1990 Changing Times Jan. 41/1 Buyers aren't babes in the woods when it comes to the local market. extracted from baben. < as lemmas
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