英语词汇“alms、basket”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

alms-basket

释义

ˈalms-ˌbasket
The basket containing the public alms, or those of any charitable society.
1565J. Calfhill Answ. Treat. Crosse (1846) 4 Your exhibition belike failed you, and therefore ye thought to pick a quarrel to the alms-basket.1634Churchw. Acc. St. Marg. Westm. in Nicholls (1797) 42 To carry the Almes baskete for the poore of our parish.a1640J. Day Parl. Bees (1881) 29 We must not come neare But stand Amongst almsbasket men!a1670Hacket in Walcott Life (1865) 156 Take the plenty of the earth to your own table..and feed Him with your Alms-basket.
to live on the alms-basket: to live upon public charity, or on what others voluntarily give.
1588Shakes. L.L.L. v. i. 41 O they haue liu'd long on the almes-basket of words.1628tr. Camden's Eliz. iv. (1688) 603 That he should be forced to live upon the Alms-basket.

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