Swain
[sweɪn] or [swen]
解釋/意思:
(n.) A servant.
(n.) A young man dwelling in the country; a rustic; esp., a cuntry gallant or lover; -- chiefly in poetry.
手打:奥齐
同義詞及近義詞：
n. Rustic, hind, peasant, countryman.
伊莉斯校對
解釋/意思:
n. a young man: a peasant: a country lover.—n. Swain′ing love-making.—adj. Swain′ish boorish.—n. Swain′ishness boorishness.
編輯:蒂姆
例句/造句/用法:
- The swain replied: 'It never was our guise To slight the poor, or aught humane despise. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- There I met Julia, who had forgotten her constant swain, Colonel Cotton, though he still appeared to adore her. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- John Swain cleared. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- You know the surest path to the heart of each swain, I doubt not, said Moore quietly. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Like a love-lorn maiden, pale and pining for a neglectful swain? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Why, Zoe wouldn't look at him; and if that good-looking young bo'swain comes on the scene, I'm afraid old Cyclops' chance will be but a poor one. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- Her sister asserted the family gentility by flouting the poor swain as he loitered about the prison for glimpses of his dear. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- Set the pips on McCauley, Paramore, and John Swain, of St. Augustine. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- That fresh fairy, Tippins, all but screams at sight of her false swain. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- You had better pick out some old man--some white-headed or bald-headed swain. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- I never saw such a man in all my life as her powdered swain. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- The valet's wife looked rather silly at being thus cut by her admiring swain. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- Then do the swains appear with tea, with lemonade, with sandwiches, with homage. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
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