释义 |
slow-bellied, a. rare. [Cf. next.] †1. Sluggish; indolent. Obs.
1570–6Lambarde Peramb. Kent (1826) 281 Marke..the grosse iugling that these slowe bellyed Syres used to delude the world withall. 1602F. Herring Anat. 4 Slowbellyed Monkes, who haue made escape from their Cloysters. 2. That moves or crawls slowly.
1662Stillingfl. Orig. Sacræ iii. iv. §4 The unknown kind of Serpents in Brasil, the slow-bellied creature of the Indies [etc.]. |