单词 | over-canopy |
释义 | over-canopyv. Chiefly poetic. transitive. To form a canopy over; to extend over or cover with or as with a canopy; to overhang. Frequently in passive. Now archaic or echoing Shakespeare. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > high position > overhanging > overhang [verb (transitive)] > like a roof, tent, penthouse, etc. over-canopy1593 incanopy1607 roof1615 penthouse1637 cope1705 nave1820 overroofa1828 tent1838 1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares 32 So did theyr propendant breast-bones imminent-ouer-canopy theyr bellies. 1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream ii. i. 251 Quite ouercanopi'd with lushious woodbine, With sweete muske roses, and with Eglantine. 1647 R. Baron Εροτοπαιγνιον 90 Cupid the character of affection they portraitured naked, to insinuate that Love is not to be over canopied, but these are the petulancies of Poets. 1748 T. Gray Ode in R. Dodsley Coll. Poems II. 265 Where'er the rude and moss-grown beech O'er canopies the glade. 1805 W. Godwin Fleetwood II. xv. 211 You are as ignorant of the true zest of human life, as the oak which at this moment overcanopies us with its branches! 1870 W. C. Bryant tr. Homer Iliad II. xiii. 28 On the summit of th' Olympian mount He sat o'ercanopied by golden clouds. 1979 UCT Stud. in Eng. (Univ. Cape Town) Sept. 18 Jonah, quite over-canopied with luscious woodbine, thinks he is in the earthly paradise. 1995 Guardian (Nexis) 21 Jan. (Weekend Suppl.) 41 I know a bank where the wild manager blows And threatens us our Classic Joint Account to close Quite overcanopied with Direct Debits. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1593 |
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