| 单词 | Dresden |
| 释义 | Dresden|ˈdrɛzdən|
The name of a town in Saxony, used attrib. or absol. to designate a variety of white porcelain made at Meissen near Dresden, or an object made of this, characterized by elaborate decoration and figure-pieces in delicate colourings. Hence (often attrib.) used to designate anything of a delicate or frail prettiness.
1735E. Finch Let. 29 May in E. Burton Georgians at Home (1967) iv. 156 To gett either old or Dresden China. Ibid., Exchang'd for a sett of Dresden. 1750H. Walpole Let. 23 June (1941) IX. 106 On the cabinet stood a pair of Dresden candlesticks. 1752[see china n.1 3 b]. 1753Hanway Trav. II. 226 Fourteen apartments filled with China and Dresden porcelain. 1756[see porcelain 1 a]. 1850Thackeray Pendennis I. xxxviii. 372 Wherever you sate down there were Dresden shepherds and shepherdesses convenient at your elbow. 1895Montgomery Ward Catal. 9/1 Extra Fine Paris Sateens... New artistic designs in small Dresden china effects. 1899J. M. Ward One Poor Scruple i. v. 65 Madge's delicate, Dresden-china, little figure. 1905W. Holman Hunt Pre-Raph. I. 49 Etty was cramped by a taste for Dresden-china prettiness. 1908Daily Chron. 28 Aug. 1/1 His own Dresden-china doll of a wife. 1912C. Mackenzie Carnival iv. 38 Her honey-coloured hair and Dresden cheeks fascinated the impressionable child with all the wonder of an expensive doll. Ibid. xv. 155 You do look like a Dresden shepherdess with your heart-shaped face and slanting eyes. 1917T. S. Eliot Prufrock 33 The Dresden clock continued ticking on the mantelpiece. 1962G. K. Hunter John Lyly iv. 233 Phebe, the Dresden-china shepherdess. 1970D. Devine Illegal Tender i. 5 How bored she was with that face! Fair hair, big blue eyes, little pouting mouth, pink and white complexion. Like a doll. Yet Chris approved. ‘A Dresden Shepherdess,’ he'd called her. |
英语词典包含277258条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。
相关内容11：
相关热词搜索：dresden英英词典英英释义英语词汇意思用法释义英语
字词 特产出口商 释义 【经】 special exporter 汉译英翻译词典收录405719条汉英翻译词条，基......
字词 特别支出预算案 释义 【经】 appropriation bill 汉译英翻译词典收录405719条汉英翻译词......
字词 特价品销售政策损失 释义 【经】 loss leader selling policy 汉译英翻译词典收录405719......
单词 drobely 释义 Seedrobly 英语词典包含277258条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用......
字词 特征抽取分类 释义 【计】 feature extraction classification 汉译英翻译词典收录40571......
单词 sury 释义 suryvariant of sura1.{var l=document.getElementsByTagName("link");var r=/OE......