| 单词 | myrtle wreath |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmyrtle wreath myrtle wreath n. chiefly poetic a wreath of myrtle, used as a symbol of love or poetry; chiefly figurative. ΚΠ a1593 C. Marlowe Hero & Leander (1598) i. sig. Aivv Vpon her head she ware a myrtle wreath. 1670 J. Dryden Tyrannick Love v. i. 66 While I mix Cypress with my Myrtle wreath. 1785 W. Cowper Task ii. 229 Who sell their laurel for a myrtle wreath, And love when they should fight. 1884 ‘M. Field’ Callirrhoë ii. i. 38 I have crushed The myrtle wreath that's tumbled from her hair. 1926 R. Kipling Debits & Credits 145 A smoke of sacrifice; A chosen myrtle-wreath; An harlot's altered eyes; A rage 'gainst love or death. < as lemmas |
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