单词 | abask |
释义 | abaskadj. Basking. In predicative use only. ΚΠ 1855 Summer-land 26 I sat watching the boat approach, from the top of the wood-pile, where I was perched abask in the sun. 1894 E. L. Arnold Constable of St. Nicholas iv. 99 Two..might lie abask for ever, surfeiting in each other's love, and never weary. 1916 Smart Set Sept. 149 Upon the face the beatific glow..of one abask in the strange, stirring satisfaction of having prepared herself fitly for the delectation of a young man. 1999 L. Epstein Ice Fire Water 249 Sea lions recline while abask in the sun. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1855 |
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