| 单词 | close-curtained |
| 释义 | > as lemmasclose-curtained C1. Parasynthetic, as close-curtained, close-eared, close-headed, close-hearted, close-jointed, close-lipped, close-meshed, close-minded, close-mouthed, close-phalanxed, close-tempered, close-tongued, close-visaged, etc. ΚΠ 1479 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 427 That no maner of personne goo a mommyng with cloce visaged. 1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. F3 Whispring conspirator, With close-tong'd treason. View more context for this quotation 1625 K. Long tr. J. Barclay Argenis v. iii. 337 Men could hardly be close-hearted to such as they affected. a1627 T. Middleton & W. Rowley Old Law (1656) v. 64 Justice..Should ever be close ear'd, and open mouthd. 1637 J. Milton Comus 19 The litter of close-curtain'd sleepe. 1766 G. Canning tr. M. de Polignac Anti-Lucretius iv. 245 The close-phalanx'd order of its course. 1853 M. Arnold Scholar Gipsy in Poems (new ed.) 212 With close-lipp'd Patience for our only friend. 1854 H. Miller My Schools & Schoolmasters (1858) 223 The reputation of being..‘close-minded’. 1861 A. Pratt Flowering Plants & Ferns Great Brit. VI. 32 Close-headed Alpine Sedge. 1861 J. H. Bennet Mentone as Winter Climate ii. 53 A very close-meshed bag net. 1881 Philada. Press 8 June 2 They set to work very close-mouthed. 1905 Daily Chron. 10 Oct. 2/7 A thin close-lipped mouth. 1936 A. Huxley Eyeless in Gaza xxx. 406 Close-lipped and crookedly, Mary was smiling. < as lemmas |
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