| 单词 | mounting lark |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmounting lark a. Rising, ascending, soaring. (literal and figurative). Frequently in poetic collocation mounting lark (cf. mountain lark n., and etymological note at). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > [adjective] > moving upwards uprisinga1300 risingc1450 ascensial?1504 mountant1525 mounting1550 orienta1560 ascendant1591 surgenta1592 stying1593 ambitiousc1595 arising1605 ascensive1646 subliming1666 ascending1667 ascensional1753 upmounting1794 rearing1816 upcoming1835 aspirant1845 insurrectionary1864 upgoing1896 1550 N. Udall tr. P. M. Vermigli Disc. Sacrament Lordes Supper sig. Aa3 For this is a table for mounting Eagles, and not for pratlying Iaies. 1563 B. Googe Eglogs Epytaphes & Sonettes sig. I.iii We flewe, my Guyde & I, with mowntyng flyght apace. 1577 G. Whetstone Remembraunce Gaskoigne sig. A.ijv The mounting minde had rather sterue in need. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. xi. sig. L6 With mery note her lowd salutes the mounting larke. 1664 J. Dryden Rival Ladies i. ii. 13 I am no more affraid of flying Censures, Than Heav'n of being Fir'd with mounting Sparkles. 1709 A. Pope Winter in Poet. Misc.: 6th Pt. vi. 749 No more the mounting Larks, while Daphne sings, Shall list'ning in mid Air suspend their Wings. 1713 J. Gay Rural Sports 10 While with the mounting sun the meadow glows. 1792 M. Deverell Mary, Queen of Scots v. vi. 116 Now sing a requiem To my mounting soul. 1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede I. i. vii. 153 Straining your eyes after the mounting lark. 1919 Outing Mar. 296/2 A narrow defile of jagged, bare palisades high above the mounting forest-smothered lane, seem almost to touch sides across the narrow gap. 1987 R. Hall Kisses of Enemy (1990) ii. xxxvii. 190 When the mounting water reached the roof garden it swirled, lifelike, between embankments thick with plants. < as lemmas |
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