英语词汇“wreath of snow”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. A bank or drift of snow; a snowdrift. Frequently in wreath of snow. Cf. snow-wreath n. 1.Probably originally with reference to an accumulation of swirls of snow.

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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > snow > [noun] > an accumulation or expanse of snow > snow-drift

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1692 Let. in C. Leslie Answer to Bk. State of Protestants in Ireland App. 63 To get thither they were to pass over Mountains, and wreaths of Snow, in a vehement Storm.

1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd i. ii. 13 The thick blawn Wreaths of Snaw..May smoor your Wathers.

1744 J. Thomson Winter in Seasons (new ed.) 226 Scarce his Head Rais'd o'er the heapy Wreath, the branching Elk Lies slumbering sullen in the white Abyss.

c1790 in R. Burns Wks. (1800) IV. 177 Weeping at the eye o' life, I wander through a wreath o' snaw.

1806 J. Grahame Birds Scotl. 13 While yet in mountain cleughs Lingers the frozen wreath.

1843 W. H. Prescott Hist. Conquest Mexico II. v. ii. 350 [He] lived to see his empire melt away like the winter's wreath.

1855 C. Kingsley Glaucus 26 Those wild gardens amid the wreaths of the untrodden snow.

1942 Press & Jrnl. (Aberdeen) 17 Feb. 3/1 The lorry struck a wreath of snow and capsized.

2012 Donside Piper & Herald (Nexis) 15 June The..hills, chief among them Ben Alder, and in the north, The Cairngorms, all were laced with lingering wreaths of snow.

单词	wreath of snow
释义	> as lemmas wreath of snow a. A bank or drift of snow; a snowdrift. Frequently in wreath of snow. Cf. snow-wreath n. 1.Probably originally with reference to an accumulation of swirls of snow. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > snow > [noun] > an accumulation or expanse of snow > snow-drift snowdrifta1400 writhe1594 wreath1692 snow-wreath1818 1692 Let. in C. Leslie Answer to Bk. State of Protestants in Ireland App. 63 To get thither they were to pass over Mountains, and wreaths of Snow, in a vehement Storm. 1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd i. ii. 13 The thick blawn Wreaths of Snaw..May smoor your Wathers. 1744 J. Thomson Winter in Seasons (new ed.) 226 Scarce his Head Rais'd o'er the heapy Wreath, the branching Elk Lies slumbering sullen in the white Abyss. c1790 in R. Burns Wks. (1800) IV. 177 Weeping at the eye o' life, I wander through a wreath o' snaw. 1806 J. Grahame Birds Scotl. 13 While yet in mountain cleughs Lingers the frozen wreath. 1843 W. H. Prescott Hist. Conquest Mexico II. v. ii. 350 [He] lived to see his empire melt away like the winter's wreath. 1855 C. Kingsley Glaucus 26 Those wild gardens amid the wreaths of the untrodden snow. 1942 Press & Jrnl. (Aberdeen) 17 Feb. 3/1 The lorry struck a wreath of snow and capsized. 2012 Donside Piper & Herald (Nexis) 15 June The..hills, chief among them Ben Alder, and in the north, The Cairngorms, all were laced with lingering wreaths of snow. extracted from wreathn. < as lemmas
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