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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. 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.