| 单词 | downy-clad |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdowny-clad C1. Parasynthetic, adverbial, and complementary, as downy-cheeked, downy-clad, downy-feathered, downy-fruited, downy-looking, downy-white, downy-winged adjs. ΚΠ 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. ii. 438 The feeble downie feathered Yong. 1608 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iv. 60 Some downie-clad, some (fledger) take a twig To pearch-vpon, some hop, from sprig to sprig. 1662 C. Merrett tr. A. Neri Art of Glass 266 The Vine-branches, and Sow-thistles, which are somewhat prickly and downy flower'd. 1786 J. Abercrombie Arrangem. Plants 35/2 in Gardeners Daily Assistant Sand willow, downy leaved. 1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. ix. 553 To make me downy-cheek'd as in my youth. 1816 P. B. Shelley Dæmon of World in Alastor 82 Downy-winged slumbers. 1855 Harper's Mag. June 92/1 A soft downy-looking, fair, placid woman, with long hair looping down like ears. 1909 S. Lewis Song to Calif. in G. H. Lewis With Love from Gracie (1955) ii. xii. 105 Nestling like a chirping playbird, Low and downy-winged and brown. 2000 Oxf. Amer. May 17/3 A woman, her hands submerged in a drift of downy-white flour, is cutting in pure, pearly leaf lard. 2008 Winnipeg Free Press 25 Jan. d10/2 Downy-cheeked innocence. < as lemmas |
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