英语词汇“one hair of a woman draws more than a team of oxen”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

Proverb. one hair of a woman draws more than a team of oxen and variants: a (beautiful) woman has great powers, esp. of attracting men. Cf. beauty draws more than oxen, beauty draws us with a single hair at beauty n. Phrases 2d. Now rare. [Compare Italian Piu tira un sol pelo d'una bella donna, Che non fanno cento paia di buoi (1591 in the source of quot. 1591), Più tira un pelo di donna, che cento carra de buoi. (1642 in the source of quot. 1642).]

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1591 J. Florio Second Frutes 183 Ten teemes of oxen draw much lesse, Than doth one haire of Helens tresse.

1642 G. Torriano Sel. Ital. Prov. 86 One hair of a woman, draweth more then an hundred yoake of oxen.

1693 J. Dryden tr. Persius Satires v. 70 She..Can draw you to her, with a single Hair.

1706 J. Stevens New Spanish Dict. sig. Mm2/3 We say, A Hair of a Woman draws more than a Yoke of Oxen.

1816 Amusing Chron. 5 Dec. 181 Well he knows that one lock of the old Gentlewoman's hair draws more than a team of oxen.

1863 H. W. Longfellow Saga King Olaf in Tales Wayside Inn 142 Not ten yoke of oxen Have the power to draw us Like a woman's hair!

1916 Acts & Proc. 11th Ann. Meeting Pennsylvania Federation Hist. Societies 12 One thing I do know, ‘One hair of a woman draws more than a bell rope.’

1948 R. Laughlin Wind leaves no Shadow (1951) 210 He repeated the old proverb, ‘A woman's hair draws more than a team of oxen.’

单词	one hair of a woman draws more than a team of oxen
释义	> as lemmas one hair of a woman draws more than a team of oxen Proverb. one hair of a woman draws more than a team of oxen and variants: a (beautiful) woman has great powers, esp. of attracting men. Cf. beauty draws more than oxen, beauty draws us with a single hair at beauty n. Phrases 2d. Now rare. [Compare Italian Piu tira un sol pelo d'una bella donna, Che non fanno cento paia di buoi (1591 in the source of quot. 1591), Più tira un pelo di donna, che cento carra de buoi. (1642 in the source of quot. 1642).] ΚΠ 1591 J. Florio Second Frutes 183 Ten teemes of oxen draw much lesse, Than doth one haire of Helens tresse. 1642 G. Torriano Sel. Ital. Prov. 86 One hair of a woman, draweth more then an hundred yoake of oxen. 1693 J. Dryden tr. Persius Satires v. 70 She..Can draw you to her, with a single Hair. 1706 J. Stevens New Spanish Dict. sig. Mm2/3 We say, A Hair of a Woman draws more than a Yoke of Oxen. 1816 Amusing Chron. 5 Dec. 181 Well he knows that one lock of the old Gentlewoman's hair draws more than a team of oxen. 1863 H. W. Longfellow Saga King Olaf in Tales Wayside Inn 142 Not ten yoke of oxen Have the power to draw us Like a woman's hair! 1916 Acts & Proc. 11th Ann. Meeting Pennsylvania Federation Hist. Societies 12 One thing I do know, ‘One hair of a woman draws more than a bell rope.’ 1948 R. Laughlin Wind leaves no Shadow (1951) 210 He repeated the old proverb, ‘A woman's hair draws more than a team of oxen.’ extracted from hairn. < as lemmas
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