| 释义 |
ˈcover-shame
Something used to conceal shame; a garment used to cover nakedness; also fig. b. The shrub Juniperus Sabina or Savin, employed to procure abortion.
1629Gaule Holy Madn. 86 Hath made him a new kinde of Catch-credit of his old couer-shame. 1659Gayton Art Longev. 73 Thou cover-shame, old Figtree. 1681Dryden Sp. Friar iii. i, Does he put on holy Garments for a Cover-shame of Lewdness? 1693Reply to Ladies Petit. in Harl. Misc. (1745) IV. 419/2 Those dangerous plants called cover-shame, alias savin, and other anti-conceptive weeds and poisons. 1886Britten & Holland Plant-n., Cover-shame, Juniperus Sabina. |
