| 单词 | sevenfold shield |
| 释义 | > as lemmassevenfold shield sevenfold shield n. now rare a shield seven layers thick; spec. a mythological shield belonging to the Greek hero Ajax, which was made from seven layers of oxhide covered with a layer of bronze, and allowed him to escape injury in the Trojan War; (also figurative and in figurative contexts) very strong mental or spiritual protection, or a quality, trait, characteristic, etc., which provides this. [Originally after classical Latin clipeus septemplex (compare quot. 1567); in Homer's Iliad (7. 220, 222) the shield is designated by ancient Greek ἑπταβόειος of seven bulls' hides.] ΚΠ 1567 A. Golding tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) xiii. f. 157v The owner of the seuenfold sheeld, too theis did Aiax ryse [L. surgit ad hos clipei dominus septemplicis Aiax]. a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) iv. xv. 38 The seuen-fold shield of Aiax cannot keepe the battery from my heart. View more context for this quotation 1740 C. Cibber Apol. Life C. Cibber 19 What can all the Squirts and Popguns of Jest and Raillery avail against the sevenfold Shield of Confidence and Contempt? 1847 P. Davidson Catechumen 7 No arrow could penetrate their sevenfold shield of hypocrisy. 1947 Times 15 Dec. 7/3 His great seven-volume work..should be in all hands as a sevenfold shield against ignorance. < as lemmas |
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