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.
  1. 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