| 释义 |
‖ hiems Obs.|ˈhaɪɛmz|
Also 5 yemps, 6 hiemps.
[L. = winter.]
Winter; esp. in poet. personification.
c1450Lydg. Secrees 1456 Yemps endith the ende of Februarye. 1568T. Howell Arb. Amitie (1879) 24 Now Hiemps heapes the dyke with snow and shewes her frostie face. 1605Tryall Chev. ii. ii. in Bullen O. Pl. III. 293 Where frosty Hyems with an ycie Mace Strikes dead all living things. |
