英语词汇“lambkin”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组、英语词典-本地帮

单词

lambkin

释义

lambkin|ˈlæmkɪn|
[f. lamb n. + -kin.]
1. A little lamb, young lamb.
1579Spenser Sheph. Cal. Dec. 8 O soveraigne Pan!.. Which of our tender Lambkins takest keepe.1613–16W. Browne Brit. Past. i. iii, Doridon..Goes sadly forth..To ope his fold and let his Lamkins out.1693Dryden tr. Ovid's Met. xiii. Acis 129 In their warm folds their tender lambkins lie.1725Pope Odyss. ix. 160 The kid distinguish'd from the lambkin lies.1870J. H. Newman Gram. Assent i. v. 108 The new-dropped lamb recognizes each of his fellow-lambkins as a whole.
2. transf. A young tender person; chiefly used as a term of endearment.
1597Shakes. 2 Hen. IV, v. iii. 121 Sir John, thy tender Lamb-kinne now is King.1599― Hen. V, ii. i. 133 Let vs condole the knight, for (Lambekins) we will liue.1681Otway Soldier's Fort. iii. i. Wks. 1728 I. 370 Poor Fool! poor Birdsnies! poor Lambkin!1741Richardson Pamela I. 162 Well, well, Lambkin (which the Foolish often calls me).1812Shelley Devil's Walk vii. 3 One would think that the innocents fair, Poor lambkins! were just doing nothing at all.1860Reade Cloister & H. lxxviii, We will pray for her, won't we, my lambkin; when we are old enough?1889H. F. Wood Englishman Rue Caïn ii, It staggered me, and I'm no lambkin.

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