请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 lyncean
释义 lyncean, a.|lɪnˈsiːən|
Also 7 lincean, 7–9 lyncæan, 9 lynxean.
[f. L. lyncē-us (a. Gr. λύγκειος, f. λύγξ lynx) + -an.
Some of the writers who have used the word have perh. intended a reference to Lynceus, the name of one of the Argonauts, celebrated for his sharp sight; cf. ‘a more piercing Linceus sight’ (Nashe Lenten Stuffe (1599) 67).]
Of the eyes, sight, etc.: Resembling that of a lynx, keen; also of persons: lynx-like; sharp-sighted.
1622Bp. Hall Serm. V. 129 Justice cannot be too lyncean to the being of things.a1678Marvell Def. John Howe Wks. 1875 IV. 181, I wonder how in this lyncean perspicacity It oversaw a more remarkable errour of Mr. Howe's.1793W. Roberts Looker-on No. 85 (1794) III. 364 It was not long ere the..lyncean vigilance of the Baron detected the exchange of letters.1816Kirby & Sp. Entomol. II. 219 Hunted for by the lyncean eye of an entomologist.1819W. Turton Conchol. Dict. p. xviii, This laborious and lyncean naturalist. [In mod. Dicts.]
随便看

 

英语词典包含277258条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/12/22 15:12:31