| 释义 |
leady, a.|ˈlɛdɪ|
Forms: 4 leeddy, 5 ledi, 6 ledy(e, leadie, -ye, 5– leady.
[f. lead n.1 + -y1.]
Resembling lead, usually in colour.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. viii. xii. (1495) 319 Saturnus tokenyth sorowe..his colour is blacke leeddy and false. c1400Lanfranc's Cirurg. 197 Þe face..is sumwhat ledi... Her nailis bicomeþ ledi. 1477Norton Ord. Alch. v. in Ashm. (1652) 65 Wann or leady Colour. 1534Elyot Gov. ii. (1557) 124 His ruddy lippes wan, & his eyen ledye & holow. a1536Beauty & Good Prop. Women C j, And to calisto with this gyrdle celestina Shall go and his ledy hart make hole & lyght. 1638Sir T. Herbert Trav. 102 His eyes grow dim, his heart turnes leady. 1756Dict. Arts & Sci. s.v. Porcelain, This colour has a leady cast like metal-burning mirrors. 1824Mech. Mag. No. 52. 383 Every part of the iron..will be found to be unusually soft and leady. 1892Harper's Mag. LXXXIV. 570/2 Glacier water..always gray—a sort of lead-y gray. |