| 释义 |
aquiline, a.|ˈækwɪlɪn, aɪn|
[ad. L. aquilīnus, f. aquila eagle: see -ine. Cf. F. aquilin, 16th c.]
1. Of or belonging to an eagle.
1656in Blount Glossogr. 1835Kirby Hab. & Inst. Anim. II. xvii. 155 The aquiline tribes, soaring in the air beyond human ken.
2. Eagle-like; esp. of the nose or features: Curved like an eagle's beak, hooked.
1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. 130 Whence the Epithite Grypus for an hooked or Aquiline nose. 1742Young Nt. Th. ix. 967 When mortals lived Of stronger wing, of aquiline ascent. 1783Cowper Task iii. 192 Terribly arch'd, and aquiline his nose. 1791Burke App. Old Whigs Wks. VI. 263 A penetrating aquiline eye. 1855Tennyson Maud i. ii. 10 The least little delicate aquiline curve in a sensitive nose. |