pure as the driven snow
短语发音
AU
别名
pure as driven snow
pure as the driven
释义与例句
adj.
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1.
Extremely pure; totally pure (typically "pure" in the sense of "virtuous").
词源
According to Gary Martin, the term refers to "snow that has blown into drifts and is untrodden and clean". He also notes records of the similar phrase "white as driven snow" since 1611.
来源:wiktionary