| 单词 | showery arch |
| 释义 | > as lemmasshowery arch ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > rainbow > [adjective] > attribute of rainbow watery1600 showery arch1667 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vi. 759 Inlaid with pure Amber, and colours of the showrie Arch. View more context for this quotation 1708 J. Philips Cyder ii. 293 The showery arch, With listed colours gay, ore, azure, gules. 1713 T. Tickell On Prospect of Peace 19 Sun-born Iris paints her show'ry bow. 1789 J. Roberts Deluge 14 Refracted rays of light..Break from the showery prism. 1845 N. L. Frothingham tr. A. A. von Auersperg in H. W. Longfellow Poets & Poetry of Europe 358/1 As long as after tempests Shall spring one showery bow. 1888 H. W. Parker Spirit of Beauty vii. 233 The thought suggests itself here that the ‘showery arch’ is created by innumerable drops of rain or of mist. < as lemmas |
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