单词 | black-a-lyre |
释义 | Definition of black-a-lyre in English:black-a-lyre(also black of lyre) noun ˈblakəlʌɪə historical
OriginLate Middle English. From black + of + Lyre, the English name of a town in Brabant, now in northern Belgium (Middle Dutch Lier, Liere (Dutch Lier), Middle French Liere (French Lierre); compare post-classical Latin Lyra), where the cloth was originally made. The some forms show reduction of the preposition of in unstressed position. Definition of black-a-lyre in US English:black-a-lyre(also black of lyre) nounˈblakəlʌɪə historical
OriginLate Middle English. From black + of + Lyre, the English name of a town in Brabant, now in northern Belgium (Middle Dutch Lier, Liere (Dutch Lier), Middle French Liere (French Lierre); compare post-classical Latin Lyra), where the cloth was originally made. The some forms show reduction of the preposition of in unstressed position. |
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