“floreat”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

floreat

释义

floreat|ˈflɒriːæt|
[L. floreat may he (it) flourish, 3rd sing. pres. subj. of florēre to flower, flourish.]
Used in conjunction with a name to indicate the hope that the named person, institution, etc., may prosper; spec. in Floreat Etona, the motto of Eton College.
1888C. A. Wilkinson Reminisc. Eton xxxiv. 340 Join with one heart and voice in the old shout, ‘Floreat Etona’.1898Lady Butler in W. Meynell Life & Work Lady Butler (caption, facing p. 1) Floreat Etona!1899L. Cust Hist. Eton Coll. xii. 294 When Robert Elwes rode to certain death against the Boer bullets at Laing's neck..his last words were ‘Floreat Etona’.1965J. P. Carstairs Concrete Kimono ii. 17 All decent fellow Floreat Etona, and all that jazz!1967‘J. Ashford’ Forget what you Saw xiii. 109 My years at school weren't wasted. Floreat Etona!1969Listener 26 June 899/3 Floreat Barry Goldwater.

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