单词 | drumstick-shaped |
释义 | > as lemmasdrumstick-shaped b. In parasynthetic adjectives, esp. as drumstick-shaped. ΚΠ 1853 G. E. Day tr. C. G. Lehmann Physiol. Chem. II. 173 The blood-corpuscles were strongly contracted in their centre, and had a biscuit-like or drum-stick-shaped form [Ger. so dass sie..trommelschlägelförmig erschienen]. 1899 Med. Rec. (N.Y.) 11 Nov. 725/1 An atmosphere that..would breed anything from the genial fungus of sour milk to the frilled ‘drumstick-headed’ microbe of tetanus. 2006 Islands Mag. Jan. 49/2 Just 45 miles off the eastern shore of Nicaragua is drumstick-shaped Little Corn Island. < as lemmas |
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