单词 | bouquet |
释义 | bouquetn. 1. a. A bunch of flowers, a nosegay; also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > floriculture and flower arranging > [noun] > flower arrangement > bouquet bobc1400 posya1500 poesy1565 bough-pot1585 ramilletec1620 bouquet1717 tisty-tosty1825 booky1842 bokay1847 shower bouquet1891 porte-bouquet1900 1717 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 1 Apr. (1965) I. 327 A large Bouquet of Jewels made like natural flowers. 1768 L. Sterne Sentimental Journey II. 144 He had wrapt [paper] round the stalks of a bouquet to keep it together. 1791 T. Warton in J. Milton Poems (ed. 2) 181 Spenser has anglicised the original French word bosquet, in May, v. 10 ‘To gather May buskets and smelling breere’. If busket be not there the French bouquet, now become English. 1791 E. Burke Corr. (1844) III. 278 The flowers..I..had seen..tied up in one bouquet. 1836 T. Hood Coming of Age in Comic Ann. 87 No flowery garlands—no bouquet. 1880 O. W. Holmes in Scribner's Monthly 21 157 I'm a florist in verse and what would people say If I came to a banquet without my bouquet? [Cf. Fr. sense, ‘petite pièce de vers pour une fête’.] b. figurative. A compliment, praise; to throw bouquets: to pay compliments. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > compliment > [verb (intransitive)] to pass, pay, make, etc. a compliment1655 to throw bouquets1904 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > [noun] > an instance, act, or expression of commendation1535 good words1535 suffrage1566 commend1606 exalt1607 commendatory1641 exaltation1650 back-pat1894 cheerleading1902 rave1926 rap1939 bouquet1955 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > compliment > [noun] complement1578 complemento1582 compliment1655 douceurs1665 bouquet1955 1904 Journalist 28 May 89 We do not wish to say ‘I told you so’, or to ‘throw any bouquets’ in our own direction. 1907 N. Munro Daft Days xxiii. 203 I've never done throwing bouquets at myself about it ever since. 1955 Times 4 May 9/6 The union would inevitably receive their share of the brickbats and bouquets. 2. The perfume exhaled from wine. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fragrance > [noun] > fragrant smell > wine bouquet bouquet1846 bloom1888 1846 French Dom. Cookery 320 Negligence in the filling of the casks..will destroy the bouquet. c1865 J. Wylde Circle of Sci. I. 353/1 The perfume, or ‘bouquet,’ is something different from the odour of wine. 1873 E. Bulwer-Lytton Kenelm Chillingly II. iv. vii. 272 Lifting his glass to his lips, [he] voluptuously inhaled its bouquet. 1876 R. Bartholow Pract. Treat. Materia Med. ii. 315 Bouquet is that quality of wine which salutes the nose. 3. transferred. a. A bunch of flavouring herbs. Also bouquet garni n. [French, ‘garnished bouquet’] (see quots.). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > herb > [noun] > bunch or mixture of herbs fine herbs1584 ravigote1733 fines herbes?1750 bouquet1846 bouquet garni1846 1846 French Dom. Cookery 41 A garnished bouquet is when thyme, fennel, and bay are added to the parsley and onions. 1852 F. Bishop Illustr. London Cookery Bk. 408 Bouquet, a bunch of parsley and scallions tied up to put in soups, &c. Bouquet garni, or Assaisonné, the same, with the addition of cloves or aromatic herbs. 1960 Woman 3 Dec. 42 Classic ingredients of a bouquet garni are half a bay leaf, three or four long-stemmed sprigs of parsley, and a sprig of thyme. b. A large flight of rockets, as the close of a firework display. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > firework > [noun] > firework display > rockets forming part of bouquet1879 1879 Times 2 June The great bouquet of rockets being particularly fine. c. The flight of a multitude of pheasants breaking covert from the central point at which the beaters meet; this central spot itself. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > hunting area > [noun] > covert covert1494 cover1719 bouquet1875 1875 ‘Stonehenge’ Man. Brit. Rural Sports (ed. 12) i. i. vii. §4. 104 The shooters are now collected to the spot to which all the beaters congregate, termed the bouquet. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1717 |
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