单词 | sweet little |
释义 | > as lemmassweet little a. Implying endearment or appreciation, or tender feeling on the part of the speaker. Also coupled with an adjective expressing such feelings, as pretty little, sweet little, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > terms of endearment > [adjective] sweeta1225 ownc1300 deara1325 littlec1405 whitec1460 bonny1540 honeya1556 nitty1598 honey-sweeta1616 old1644 dearie1691 ou1838 diddy1963 c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Prioress's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 64 This litel child his litel book lernynge As he sat..at his prymer. a1460 Knyghthode & Bataile (Pembr. Cambr. 243) l. 3022 Go, litil book, and humbilly beseche The werriourys. a1525 Bk. Sevyne Sagis l. 330, in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 11 This litill prety pynula. 1567 R. Sempill in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. 36 The wois that Ouid in Ibin Into his pretty lytill buik did wryte. 1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream iii. i. 191 And when shee weepes, weepes euery little flower. View more context for this quotation 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 ii. iv. 209 I pray thee Iack be quiet, the rascal's gone, ah you horson little vliaunt villaine you. View more context for this quotation 1694 A. Wood Life 23 June I returned from London in the company of a little poore thing, Sir Lacy Osbaldeston. 1757 A. G. Impetuous Lover II. xiv. 235 Both my children have had the small pox,..yet, my dear little Iris, will be no less beautiful than ever. 1793 C. Dibdin Younger Brother II. iii. iii. 37 Their little pleasures were, it is true, not more than the sports of children. a1822 P. B. Shelley Cyclops in Posthumous Poems (1824) 341 My dear sweet master, My darling little Cyclops. 1850 C. Dickens David Copperfield xxvi. 275 She had the most delightful little voice, the gayest little laugh, the pleasantest and most fascinating little ways, that ever led a lost youth into hopeless slavery. 1883 R. W. Dixon Mano i. viii. 23 Sweet was her carriage, sweet the little folds Of her fair dress close drawn with meekest care. 1905 C. H. M. Gaskell Spring in Shropshire Abbey iii. 113 It was a sweet little baby dog with a crinkly-crankly black phiz and dear little blinking, cloudy blue eyes. 1951 G. Heyer Quiet Gentleman xix. 290 She was most good-natured in playing at spillikins with dear little Harry and John. a1983 ‘R. West’ Sunflower (1986) iii. 100 I lost a dear little sister, sweet little Bridget, when she was twelve years old, God rest the little angel. 1997 J-17 Oct. 94/1 All your rough edges and endearing little quirks have to be hidden. < as lemmas |
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