单词 | west world |
释义 | > as lemmaswest world ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > America > [noun] west world1567 1567 G. Fenton tr. M. Bandello Certaine Tragicall Disc. f. 90v The supersticious order of ye barbarians in olde time, remeinyng at this daye in no lesse vse amonge the people of the weste worlde. 1613 S. Daniel First Part Hist. Eng. 5 As now, we see all the West world (lately discouered) to bee. a1668 W. Davenant Wks. (1673) 277 He who made discovery Of the west-world, could not directly ply To make those Harbours which he after found. a1679 Earl of Orrery Poems on Festivals of Church (1681) 36 The Gentiles Teacher Heau'n does thee Declare, And wee, of the West World, all Gentiles were. 1778 New Maid of Oaks i. i. 1 No Indian Chief through all the various Tribes of the west world, did ever more excel. 1882 tr. J. W. von Goethe in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Dec. 745/2 For west-world readers, this favourite of the voluptuous East may appear trifling, or effeminate, or even vicious. < as lemmas |
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