| 释义 |
anguine, a.|ˈæŋgwɪn|
[a. L. anguīn-us pertaining to a snake, f. anguis snake: see -ine.]
Of or resembling a snake or serpent.
1657Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 241 Four sorts of cucurbites, the greater, the lesser..or the anguine. 1847Carpenter Zool. §501 The Anguine Lizard, also a native of South Africa. 1871Le Fanu Tenants of Malory xi. 54 Her beautiful eyebrows wore that anguine curve, which is the only approach to a scowl which painters accord to angels. |