释义 |
spindle-legged, a. [f. spindle n. 16.] = spindle-shanked a.
1710Steele Tatler No. 148 ⁋2 Many great families..are dwindled away into a pale, sickly, spindle-legged generation of valetudinarians. 1860Worcester, Spindle-legs,..a spindle-legged person. 1863M. E. Braddon J. Marchmont i, It seemed as if the spindle-legged chairs and tables had grown attenuated..by much service. |