英语词汇“pilgrim's shell”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

pilgrim's shell n. (also pilgrim shell) a scallop shell (also occasionally a cockleshell), esp. one carried by a pilgrim as a sign of having visited the shrine of St James of Compostela; an artificial imitation of such a shell.

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1778 E. M. da Costa Hist. Nat. Testaceorum Brit. 144 It [sc. Pecten jacobaeus] is also a native of the Mediterranean Sea, and is probably the very species worn by pilgrims as a mark of devotion; I have therefore given it the trivial name of the Pilgrim.

1785 W. Smellie in tr. Comte de Buffon Nat. Hist. Gen. & Particular (ed. 2) IX. 319 (note) The shells are of the large pilgrim or scallop kind [cf. French coquille (de) Saint Jacques].]

1853 A. Reach Claret & Olives 203 The king wore the pilgrim's scrip and the pilgrim's shell.

1870 R. Morris Youthful Explorers in Bible Lands 19 The most common shell is the famous Pilgrim shell, with its five spines denoting the birth, life, death, resurrection and ascension of our Lord Jesus Christ.

1882 A. M. Macy in E. K. Godfrey Nantucket 34 Besides the ‘pilgrim’ shells, so numerous that we almost overlook their beauty.

2003 Liverpool Echo (Nexis) 1 Nov. 27 The distant days of hooded monks and pilgrims' shells are gone.

单词	pilgrim's shell
释义	> as lemmas pilgrim's shell pilgrim's shell n. (also pilgrim shell) a scallop shell (also occasionally a cockleshell), esp. one carried by a pilgrim as a sign of having visited the shrine of St James of Compostela; an artificial imitation of such a shell. ΚΠ 1778 E. M. da Costa Hist. Nat. Testaceorum Brit. 144 It [sc. Pecten jacobaeus] is also a native of the Mediterranean Sea, and is probably the very species worn by pilgrims as a mark of devotion; I have therefore given it the trivial name of the Pilgrim. 1785 W. Smellie in tr. Comte de Buffon Nat. Hist. Gen. & Particular (ed. 2) IX. 319 (note) The shells are of the large pilgrim or scallop kind [cf. French coquille (de) Saint Jacques].] 1853 A. Reach Claret & Olives 203 The king wore the pilgrim's scrip and the pilgrim's shell. 1870 R. Morris Youthful Explorers in Bible Lands 19 The most common shell is the famous Pilgrim shell, with its five spines denoting the birth, life, death, resurrection and ascension of our Lord Jesus Christ. 1882 A. M. Macy in E. K. Godfrey Nantucket 34 Besides the ‘pilgrim’ shells, so numerous that we almost overlook their beauty. 2003 Liverpool Echo (Nexis) 1 Nov. 27 The distant days of hooded monks and pilgrims' shells are gone. extracted from pilgrimn. < as lemmas
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