| 单词 | rose-briar |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrose-briar rose-briar n. a rose bush or rose tree; (also) a single stem or branch of such a plant. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > rose and allied flowers > rose > rose-bush roseOE rosierc1300 rose treec1350 rosary1523 rosebush1563 rose-briar1598 rose vine1827 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Rosaro, a rose bryer. 1658 T. Bromhall Hist. Apparitions 122 For there she shewed them Rose-briars a hand length, then sticks and bones, and other rubbish, whereby she was so tormented. 1840 H. Smith Oliver Cromwell I. 109 A coppice,..matted with wild rose-briars. a1930 D. H. Lawrence Last Poems (1932) 178 Rose-leaves to bewilder the clever fools And rose-briars to strangle the machine. 2006 Rocky Mountain Rev. Lang. & Lit. 60 127 The group..practiced penitence by whipping themselves with cords, wearing rose-briar crowns and staging a ritualized re-enactment of the crucifixion. < as lemmas |
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