单词 | besprent |
释义 | besprentadj. 1. Besprinkled. a. with moisture of any kind, or dust. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of sprinkling > [adjective] > about > with something besprentc1368 the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > [adjective] > sprinkled > sprinkled with something besprentc1368 sprinkleda1382 sparpled1609 parsemé1814 c1368 G. Chaucer Compl. Pite 10 To Pite ran I all bespreynt [v.r. besprente] with teres. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 269/1 Thre stones besprenct with his bloode. 1483 W. Caxton in tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 353/1 Stones bespryncte and specled as it were with blood. 1535 G. Joye Apol. Tindale sig. C.jv Euen vnto the bespreigned bloude. 1561 J. Heywood tr. Seneca Hercules Furens v. sig. L7 My body thus with wycked bloude besprynkt. 1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Nov. 111 Morne now my muse..with teares besprint. 1637 J. Milton Comus 19 Knot-grass dew-besprent. a1866 H. W. Longfellow Rhyme Sir Christopher 133 His boots with dust and mire besprent. b. with points, or objects dotted about: Strewed. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > [adjective] > scattered loosely or strewn bedrop1377 besprent?1567 strewed1603 strewn1730 ?1567 M. Parker Whole Psalter cii. 284 My soule with cares: was full besprenct. 1837 W. Wordsworth At Vallombrosa The flowerbesprent meadows. 1873 R. Browning Red Cotton Night-cap Country iii. 162 The tawdry tent..besprent with hearts and darts. 2. Scattered, strewed about. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > [adjective] > scattered about in disorder sparkleda1547 besprent1567 bescattered1574 sparsed1585 scattered1667 1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 15 Having certain blottes besprent upon it. 1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. III 139 He lay upon the flowers besprent about. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online September 2018). † besprentv. Obsolete. rare. transitive. To besprinkle. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > scatter [verb (transitive)] > sprinkle warpc1000 sprengeOE strenkc1175 springa1387 bespring1387 sprinkc1390 sprinklea1400 strinklec1400 springle?a1425 sprinkle?a1425 sprainc1440 bespreng1496 oversprinkle?1548 overstrew1570 besprent1573 insperse1587 insperge1599 asperse1607 besprink1609 disparple?1615 spark1637 swiggle1683 twirl1763 sparkle1787 bespatter1813 spray1829 1573 T. Twyne tr. Virgil in T. Phaer & T. Twyne tr. Virgil Whole .xii. Bks. Æneidos xii. Mm iv Latinus rentes His hoarie head..and auntient beard with durt besprentes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.c1368v.1573 |
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