| 单词 | the shadow of a name |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe shadow of a name g. An attenuated remnant; a form from which the substance has departed. Also, the shadow of a name (Latin nominis umbra), a shadowy or faintly surviving renown. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > that which is left or remainder > [noun] > remaining fragment > attenuated shadowa1569 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > fame or renown > fame after death > [noun] > faint or shadowy nominis umbra1822 the shadow of a name1837 a1569 A. Kingsmill Viewe Mans Estate (1580) 13 Least instead of a man, ye finde but the shadowe of a man. 1704 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion III. xv. 507 But his greatness at home, was but a shadow of the glory he had abroad. 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall II. xvii. 29 The emperors themselves, who disdained the faint shadow of the republic. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. iv. iv. 200 Who shall become the eloquent soldier of Royalism, and earn the shadow of a name. 1862 Ld. Brougham Brit. Constit. (ed. 3) iii. 52 The prerogative of the Crown was reduced to a shadow. < as lemmas |
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