| 单词 |
Lyons |
| 释义 |
Lyons|ˈlaɪənz, liɔ̃|
Also Lyon.
[F. Lyon Lyons, a city in France.]
Used attrib. to designate various products associated with the city (see quots.); also absol.
1765Sterne Tr. Shandy VII. xxxi. 162, I could..sometimes not so much as see even a Lyons-waistcoat, but this remembrance..would present itself. 1778F. Burney Evelina I. xvi. 100 We found her..very busy in wiping her negligee..as she said it was a new Lyon's silk. Ibid. III. xxi. 234 'Twill be a most excellent opportunity to shew off her best Lyons' silk. 1851Mayhew & Binny 1851 xvi. 160 The jewels and the tapestry, and the Lyons silks, are not now the sole objects of attraction. 1855Dickens Dorrit (1857) i. i. 6, I can cut my bread..like Lyons sausage. 1869‘Mark Twain’ Innoc. Abr. (1870) xxx. 244 Lyons velvets rank higher in America than those of Genoa. 1872Young Englishwoman Dec. 646/1 Lyons grosgrains and moire silks. 1874W. Crookes Pract. Handbk. Dyeing & Calico-Printing ii. iii. 195 (heading) Aniline blues... Lyons blue (Girard and De Laire). 1895Brit. Warehouseman Feb. 13/2 A triple-pleated blouse of purple Lyons velvet was worn. 1902S. Weyman In Kings' Byways i. 161 The hiding-places..had been.. contrived to hold runlets of Nantz and bales of Lyons. 1908A. Bennett Old Wives' Tale iii. vi. 385 She bought..coffee, Lyons sausage, dried prunes. 1914F. W. Atack tr. Wahl's Manuf. Org. Dyestuffs iii. xvi. 171 The monophenyl- and monotolyl-derivatives [of Pararosaniline] occur in the dyestuffs known as Phenyl violet,..Lyons blue, etc. 1924A. T. de Mouilpied Quest for Colour iv. 20 Summary of the more important discoveries in the history of synthetic organic dyestuffs... 1860 Bleu de Lyon—a spirit soluble blue derived from Magenta. [Discoverer] Girard and De Laire. 1952‘P. Wentworth’ Brading Collection xi. 66 Great ladies..had bought changeable silks there, and fine Lyons velvet. 1959D. Ogrizek France Observed 211 The contribution local artists have made toward enhancing the prestige of Lyons silk has always been recognised. 1960E. David French Provincial Cooking 225 Randall & Aubin..sell a coarsely-cut garlic-flavoured sausage which is not unlike the Lyon sausage. 1971Colour Index (Soc. Dyers & Colourists) (ed. 3) V. 5573 Commercial name..Lyon Blue..C.I. Solvent Blue 3. |
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