单词 | to give name to |
释义 | > as lemmasto give name to a. to give name to (now rare), to give the (also a) name to: = to give one's name to at Phrases 10b. ΚΠ 1639 T. B. tr. J.-P. Camus Certain Moral Relations in S. Du Verger tr. J.-P. Camus Admirable Events 144 This Castle giveth name unto a Family sufficiently knowne. a1671 T. Fairfax Short Mem. (1699) 84 The place was Marston fields, which afterwards gave the name to this battel. 1673 J. Ray Observ. Journey Low-countries 460 Frontignan, a little wall'd Town..which gives name to the so famous muscate wine. 1705 J. Addison Remarks Italy 8 On the Promontory..was formerly the Temple of Hercules Monœcus, which still gives the Name to this small Principality [sc. Monaco]. 1728 Philos. Trans. 1726–7 (Royal Soc.) 34 222 Mr. Doyly, (who was a great searcher after Curiosities, and gave Name to a sort of Stuffs worn in Summer). 1883 Ordnance Surv. Gazetteer Scotl. III. 18 It gave name to an ancient thanage. 1913 F. S. Eden Anc. Glass 51 The branches of the tree or vine seemed to run in and out of a trellis, a circumstance which has given name to such windows—trellis windows. 1995 F. R. Shivers Walking in Baltimore 49 A mythical old salt gave a name to the Admiral Fell Inn at the far corner of the left hand side. < as lemmas |
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