| 单词 |
cherry-fair |
| 释义 |
ˈcherry-fair A fair held in cherry-orchards for the sale of the fruit, ‘still kept up in Worcestershire’ (Halliw.); often the scene of boisterous gaiety and licence. Formerly a frequent symbol of the shortness of life and the fleeting nature of its pleasures: cf. cherry-feast (cherry n. 9).
1393Gower Conf. Prol. I. 19 For al is but a chery feire This worldes good. a1420Hoccleve De Reg. Princ. clxxxv. (1860) 47 Thy lyfe, my sone, is but a chery feire. 1520Whittinton Vulg. (1527) 23 So hasty fruytes be a pleasure..for the tyme, but theyr time is but a chery feyre. 1559Mirr. Mag., Edw. IV, ii, As a chery fayre ful of woe. |

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