| 释义 |
French-like, adv. and a.
[f. as prec. + like.]
A. adv. After the manner of the French people; in French fashion.
c1550Cheke Matt. xviii. 17 note, We folowing y⊇ greek calle yis house, as y⊇ north doth yet moor truli sound it, y⊇ kurk, and we moor corruptli and frenchlike, y⊇ church. 1597–8Bp. Hall Sat. iii. vii. 34 His haire, French-like, stares on his frighted hed. 1632Lithgow Trav. iii. 126 Whatsoever extortion or injury they use against him, he must be French-like contented, bowing his head, and making a counterfeit shew of thankes.
B. adj. Like the French.
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