| 单词 | dumb-born |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdumb-born C1. General attributive, as dumb-born, dumb-cowed, dumb-discoursive, dumb-doggish, dumb-mad, dumb-stricken, dumb-struck, etc. ΚΠ a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) iii. iv. sig. Ll3 Thus would he..be dumbe-striken, when her presence gaue him fit occasion of speaking. 1594 M. Drayton Ideas Mirrour sig. C2v A dumbe-borne Muse made to expresse the mind. 1615 T. Overbury et al. New & Choise Characters with Wife (6th impr.) sig. L2v Hee is often dumbe-madde, and goes fetter'd in his owne entrailes. 1852 W. M. Thackeray Henry Esmond I. ix. 186 Poor young Esmond was so dumb-stricken that he did not even growl. 1877 R. H. Roberts Harry Holbrooke of Holbrooke Hall vi. 95 For a few moments he remained dumb-struck. 1886 J. Ruskin Præterita II. ix. 332 Affectionate in a dumb-doggish sort. 1890 R. Kipling Wee Willie Winkie 63 They were openly beaten, whipped, dumb-cowed, shaking and afraid. < as lemmas |
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