| 释义 |
ˈolive-ˌtree
= olive n.1 1.
(Also with qualifying words: see olive 1 b.)
c1315Shoreham 131 Þou ert þe coluere of noe, Þat broute þe braunche of olyue tre. c1489Caxton Sonnes of Aymon i. 47 Berynge braunches of olyue tree in their handes In token of peas. 1535Coverdale Ps. lii. 8, I am like a grene olyue tre in ye house of God. 1756–7tr. Keysler's Trav. (1760) I. 475 The olive-tree is an ever-green, but the colour of it is not vivid, but faint, and resembles a willow. 1883Browning Jochanan Hakkadosh 480 The wind makes olive⁓trees up yonder hill Whiten and shudder. |
