| 单词 |
olde |
| 释义 |
▪ I. olde, a.|əʊld, ˈəʊldiː|
An affected form of old a., supposed to be archaic and usu. employed to suggest (spurious) antiquity, esp. in collocations often also archaistically spelt, as olde English(e), olde Englyshe, olde worlde, olde worldly. Also as n.
Also oldie, oldy.
1927C. Connolly Let. 7 Mar. in Romantic Friendship (1975) 281 There remain consolations, such as finding places that aren't spoilt and not being surprised by their destruction into the..oldie worldie type. 1929― Let. [undated] in Romantic Friendship (1975) 325 Oldy-worldy England is such a dreary opposite [to America]. 1930E. Pound XXX Cantos viii. 31 Ye spirits who of olde were in this land. 1931M. Allingham Look to Lady v. 61 There's something so Olde English about you, Val, that I expect a chorus of rustic maidens. 1932N. Mitford Christmas Pudding v. 74 You just made the mistake..of confusing old world with olde worlde. You should have been more careful to find out whether or not there was an ‘e’; so much hangs on that one little letter. 1933A. G. Macdonell England, their England vii. 101 It was as if Mr. Cochran had..brought Ye Olde Englyshe Village straight down by special train from the London Pavilion. 1934C. Lambert Music Ho! V. 280 We..pour our bootleg gin into cracked leather bottles with olde-worlde labels. 1939Joyce Finnegans Wake i. 7 A glass of Danu U'Dunnell's foamous olde Dobbelin ayle. 1939O. Lancaster Homes Sweet Homes 10 All over Europe the lights are going out, oil-lamps, gas-mantles, electroliers, olde Tudor lanthorns, standards and wall-brackets. 1950M. J. C. Hodgart Ballads v. 106 We don't know what Percy's corrections were, but the Olde Englishe of this stanza may be suspected: Lord Thomas he saw Fair Annet wex pale. 1956E. Pound tr. Sophocles' Women of Trachis 25 E'en from fond eyes, olde flowers are cast away. 1958B. Nichols Sweet & Twenties viii. 105 The oldy-worldy cafés. 1959Good Food Guide 38 A lot of olde realle beames in Amersham and a lot of olde phonie cookynge too. 1967‘D. Shannon’ Rain with Violence (1969) i. 9 A little coffee shop..Decorated in very pseudo Olde Englishe. 1970P. Geddes November Wind viii. 95 Bear... An olde Englishe, where-did-you-put-my-cricket-bat teddy bear. 1972Guardian 4 Dec. 11/3 The interior is old but not olde worlde, the medieval oak beams have been left..without..horse brasses and warming pans. 1974‘P. B. Yuill’ Bornless Keeper vii. 65 Why did we have to come..to this quaint olde aleshoppe? 1976Rhyl Jrnl. & Advertiser 9 Dec. 18/6 (Advt.), Gwaenysgor. Charming stone built olde worlde Cottage of immense character.
▪ II. olde
obs. f. weld, a plant used in dyeing. |
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