单词 | umbrous |
释义 | umbrousadj. 1. Lying in the shade; shady, shadowed. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > intercepting or cutting off of light > [adjective] > casting a shadow > overshadowed > lying in shade or abounding in shade shadowy1398 shadowed1400 umbrous1480 shadowish1530 shadeful1563 shadowous1585 shady1589 umbrageous1622 shaded1635 swaly1820 adumbral1855 umbraged1890 1480 W. Caxton tr. Ovid Metamorphoses x. i The Kynge and the quene comanded that Erudice shold be called forth, which was in the umbrous valeye. 1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde iii. i. 130 The Sonne..maketh the day to growe byfore hym, and on that other parte the erthe is vmbreuse & derke by hynde hym. 1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Medicinal Materials i, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Xx2v It growes in..margins of fields, that are not umbrous. 1821 T. G. Wainewright Ess. & Crit. (1880) 227 A meadow..umbrous with orange and cedar trees. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [adjective] > cold or lacking warm feeling winter-coldOE coldc1175 cheald1340 umbrous1483 key-colda1535 frosty1548 frostbitten1564 icy1567 wintry1579 cold-hearteda1616 unwarmeda1625 dry1637 cool1641 frigidal1651 frigid1658 thieveless1725 cool-hearted1748 wintry1748 chill1751 cold as charity1795 freezing1813 ice-cold1815 chilly1841 impersonal1846 pincé1858 ice-cool1891 touch-me-not-ish1895 marmorean1902 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 108 b/1 He was umbrouse or shadewous, that is to saye he was colde and refrigerat fro all concupyscence of the flesshe. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.1480 |
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