| 单词 | widow's cruse |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswidow's cruse widow's cruse n. (with allusion to 1 Kings 17:12–16) a cruse or small vessel containing oil which seems to never run out, belonging to a poor widow; an apparently small or meagre supply which seems to be inexhaustible; (also) meagre provisions. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > supply > [noun] > source of supply > abundant > but apparently meagre widow's cruse1606 1606 R. Meredeth Two Serm. ii. 38 Powred forth..like the oyle of the widowes cruse of Sarrepta. 1816 W. Scott Old Mortality xii, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. IV. 268 ‘Can you lodge a stranger for a night?’ ‘I can, sir, if he will be pleased with the widow's cake and the widow's cruize.’ 1977 Jrnl. Royal Soc. Arts 125 463/1 Information is infinitely reproducible without diminishing it: it is a veritable widow's cruse. 2002 Poetry Ireland Rev. 72 107 A sip? A glass? Try some more? We've a widow's cruse—don't be shy. < as lemmas |
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