单词 | unverdant |
释义 | unverdantadj. (un- prefix1 1.) ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > fertile land or place > land with vegetation > [adjective] > lacking nakedOE peeled?a1513 unverdanta1657 verdureless1824 plantless1842 vegetationless1846 a1657 G. Daniel Poems (1878) I. 120 The Earth vnverdant may goe seeke Her Flowers in Winter. 1709 W. Congreve tr. Ovid Art of Love iii. 198 Ungraceful 'tis to see..A Leaf-less Tree, or an unverdant Mead. 1859 W. H. Gregory Egypt I. 20 The parched, baked, and unverdant clay that had replaced the greensward of Western city parks. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < adj.a1657 |
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