| 释义 |
lamb-like, lamblike, a.|ˈlæmlaɪk|
Like a lamb, or that of a lamb; gentle, meek.
1599? Kyd Soliman & Perseda i. A 4 Put Lambe-like mildenes to your Lyons strength. 1616R. Sheldon Surv. Miracles Ch. Rome 161 What else doth the beast..portend by his lambe-like hornes but Anti-christ? 1621Quarles Esther (1638) 105 Thy Lamb-like Countenance so faire, so meeke. a1711Ken Sion Poet. Wks. 1721 IV. 334 With nerves of Lambs, Soul, string your Lute, They'll best with Lamb-like Agnes sute. 1840Mrs. Carlyle Lett. I. 119, I am very lamb-like to-day. 1843Carlyle Past & Pr. i. iii. (1845) 19 What a lamblike Insurrection! |