| 单词 |
London pride |
| 释义 |
ˈLondon pride
Also 7 London's Pride, Pride of London.
a. The Sweet William, Dianthus barbatus, or a variety of it. Now dial.
b. Lychnis Chalcedonica. Now dial.
c. Saxifraga umbrosa.
a.1629Parkinson Parad. in Sole (1656) 319 Speckled Sweet Williams, or London pride. 1671Skinner Etymol. 11, Londons-Pride, or London-Tufts, Armeria Prolifera, sic dicta, quia flores propter pulchritudinem Londini valde expetuntur. 1672W. Hughes Flower Garden 43 Sweet Williams and London-pride Flower at the same time, and are ordered as Sweet Iohns are. 1683Sutherland Hortus Med. Edinburg. 71 Caryophyllus barbatus,..Sweet Williams, or Pride of London of several colours.
b.1688R. Holme Armoury ii. 64/1 The Pride of London is..of some called the Flower of Constantinople. 1886Britten & Holland Plant-names App. (Chedworth, Glouc.).
c.1697Molyneux in Phil. Trans. XIX. 510 Cotyledon, sive Sedum serratum Latifolium Montanum guttato flore..vulgarly call'd by the Gardners London Pride: I suppose because of its pretty elegant Flower. 1726C. Threlkeld Synops. Stirpium Hibern. App. 2. 1785 Martyn Rousseau's Bot. xix. (1794) 270 Another species was formerly much shown out at windows and balconies in smoky towns, and hence, with its being really beautiful had the names of London Pride and None-so-pretty. 1882Garden 11 Feb. 92/2 The London Pride remains fresh and bright all through the winter. |
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