| 单词 | olive garland |
| 释义 | > as lemmasolive garland olive garland n. ΚΠ 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. iii. sig. D And both were with one oliue garland crownd, Like to the rod which Maias sonne doth wield, Wherewith the hellish fiends he doth confound. View more context for this quotation 1618 B. Holyday tr. Juvenal Sat. 142 He could not add the capitolian oaken garland to the Alban olive garland. a1668 W. Davenant Wks. (1673) 377 At a distance above these sat a young man in a white embroidered robe, upon his fair hair an Olive garland. 1710 W. Congreve Wks. III. 1098 (note) An Olive Garland was the Reward of Victory in the Olympick Games. 1750 W. Shirley Edward Black Prince 28 Inform me, for I wish to know, does Peace Her Olive-Garland weave? 1803 H. Downman Infancy (ed. 6) 189 O virgin fair, with olive garland crown'd Thy polish'd forehead! 1878 O. Wilde Ravenna in Wks. (1966) 828 For as the olive-garland of the race, Which lights with joy each eager runner's face..—such was his love for Greece and Liberty! 1920 H. E. Butler Sixth Bk. Aeneid 249 (note) The olive garland is associated with a sacerdos. 1991 Hesperia 60 71 Ivy garland on shoulder, olive garland on neck [of a vase]. < as lemmas |
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