释义 |
spear-like, a.|ˈspɪəlaɪk| [f. spear n.1] Resembling a spear in shape or in sharpness.
1567J. Maplet Gr. Forest 35 The Bulrush hath..two kindes: one..verie blunt and the other is rather Spearelike. a1593Marlowe tr. 1st Bk. Lucan 530 Fiery meteors blaz'd in heauen: Now spearlike, long; now like a spreading torch. 1865Tylor Early Hist. Man. viii. 223 This spear-like fossil. 1872Coues N. Amer. Birds 265 A quick thrust of the spear-like bill. 1884Bower & Scott De Bary's Phaner. 220 Each of these contains a single spear-like crystal. |