单词 | supper light |
释义 | > as lemmassupper light supper light n. ΚΠ c1524 in Western Antiq. (1883) July 68/2 Two doz. supper lights for Twelfth day, weighing 5lb., 3s. 9d. 1537 in J. W. Clay North Country Wills (1908) I. 148 Three candelstickes for soper lightes wrethid. 1874 tr. Pliny in Countess Minto Life & Lett. Sir G. Elliott I. 132 M. Lollius, disgraced for receiving bribes from all the princes of the East,..poisoned himself, that his niece might be gazed at by the supper-lights decked out in 400,000 sesterces' worth of jewels. 1954 D. Richie Diary 27 Dec. in Tokyo Jrnl. (2005) 58 In the distance, russet mountains, the houses all black, still too early for the supper lights. 1991 A. R. Siddons Outer Banks (1992) vi. 190 Across the street, Harry's glowed bright with supper lights. < as lemmas |
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