| 单词 |
time-honoured |
| 释义 |
ˈtime-ˌhonoured, a. Honoured or made honourable by length of time; revered or respected on account of long existence or old establishment.
1593Shakes. Rich. II, i. i. 1 Old Iohn of Gaunt, time⁓honoured Lancaster. 1751Mason Elfrida Poems (1774) 90 That old minstrelsy, which breath'd Through each time⁓honour'd grove of British oak. 1831Willis Poem Brown University 57 They have grown time-honoured on their shrines. 1887Sir R. H. Roberts In the Shires ix. 141 A time-honoured custom had prevailed for years. |

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