单词 | cape ebony |
释义 | > as lemmasCape ebony a. Chiefly in sense 2, as in Cape wine, Cape region, Cape boor, etc.; esp. in numerous names of animals, plants, etc. found at the Cape of Good Hope, as Cape aloe, Cape ant-eater, Cape ash, Cape badger, Cape ebony, Cape heath, Cape marmot, etc. (See also Dict. S. Afr. Eng. on Historical Princ. (1996) for many other specific names.) ΚΠ 1797 T. Holcroft tr. F. L. Stolberg Trav. (ed. 2) III. lxxxiv. 351 I have seen it drunk..for red Cape wine. 1822 Burrowes Encycl. V. 623/2 A cape boor bestows no more labour on his farm than is absolutely necessary. < as lemmas |
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