“sukebind”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

sukebind

释义

sukebind|ˈs(j)uːkbaɪnd|
[Arbitrary formation: cf. bind n. 2, 3.]
Name given by Stella Gibbons (see quot. 1932) to an imaginary plant associated with superstition and fertility, hence used allusively with reference to intense rustic passions.
1932S. Gibbons Cold Comfort Farm v. 75 In the fulness of summer, when the sukebind hangs heavy from the wains..'tes the same.1968Listener 19 Sept. 379/3 The sukebind twines lushly over the grave of Mary Webb, another esteemed pre-war novelist, and since Stella Gibbons planted the fatal seed, nobody has bothered to hack away the undergrowth to discover what lies beneath.1975Times 15 July 14/3 A Country Sports Fair conjures images of..young couples competing among the sukebind.1982W. Golding Moving Target 106 Mr Trevelyan's fascinating book... He climbed one or two family trees where the Sukebind was a-blowing.

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