单词 | veld knowledge |
释义 | > as lemmasveld knowledge C1. attributive, as veld fire, veld knowledge, veld lily, veld side, veld stool, etc. Similar uses are common from 1900 onwards. ΚΠ 1785 G. Forster tr. A. Sparrman Voy. Cape Good Hope II. xiv. 144 The land-drost has appointed one of the farmers, with the title of veld-corporal, to command in these wars. 1801 J. Barrow Acct. Trav. Interior S. Afr. 1797–8 I. 378 Louw, the Veld Commandant, readily offered his services. 1861 C. J. Andersson Okavango River 49 The tremendous ‘veldt’ fires, which, ravaging the country far and wide, make it like a huge fiery furnace. 1863 W. C. Baldwin Afr. Hunting i. 25 A deal table and a lot of velt stools and wagon chests the only furniture. 1895 J. G. Millais Breath from Veldt iv. 54 A faithful native, who instructed him in veldt knowledge and all the arts of spooring. 1899 Daily News 24 Oct. 5/4 Here the veldt lilies and creeping convolvulus are beginning to bloom. 1946 R. Campbell Talking Bronco 66 With veld-flowers as an afterthought. 1959 Cape Times 18 July 2/5 The veld flowers should be excellent this year. < as lemmas |
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