| 释义 |
‖ mesquin, a.|mɛskæ̃|
[Fr.]
Mean, sordid, shabby.
1706Evelyn Acc. Architects & Archit. (ed. 2) 10 They [sc. the Moors] set up those Slender and Misquine [sic] Pillars..and other incongruous Props. 1828Marquis of Normanby Engl. in France II. 102 It heightens the beauty of the picturesque, and slurs over the mesquin and the mean. 1871Kingsley At Last ii, The mesquin and scrofulous visages, which crowd our alleys. |