besprent
/bih-sprent/US // bɪˈsprɛnt //UK // (bɪˈsprɛnt) //
旁门左道,旁白,旁观者,旁观者清
Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
Archaic.
- : besprinkled; bestrewn.
Examples
Trembling and sad he stood beside the door— Pale as a spectre, and besprent with gore!
And many a deep wound lent, His arms with blood besprent; And many a cruel dentBruised his helmet.
And he rode a great white mare, whose bases and other housings were black, but all besprent with fair lilys of silver sheen.
What beckoning ghost, besprent with April dew, Hails me so solemnly to yonder yew?
At least the effect was to evoke a laugh which came tear-sparkling as a lark flies dew-besprent from a hawthorn bush at morn.
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