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单词 fine-bred
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fine-bred
a. With past participles, forming adjectives, as fine-bred, fine-dressed, fine set, etc.
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c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) l. 2766 (MED) Fyne wroȝt fellis.
1600 J. Lane Tom Tel-Troths Message 235 These mincing maides and fine trict truls, ride post To Plutoes pallace.
1678 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. vi. Explan. Terms 109 Fine set, the Irons of Plains..are set fine, when..in working they take off a thin shaving.
1691 J. Norris Pract. Disc. Divine Subj. 239 As the laborious Spider weaves her fine-wrought Web.
1710 S. Palmer Moral Ess. Prov. 111 Many a fine-bred gentleman has been ruin'd by a title.
1778 Encycl. Brit. III. 2292/2 With some fine-pounded charcoal..rub over the pierced lines.
1824 M. R. Mitford Our Village I. 185 The fine sifted mould of the shrubberies.
1879 Pet-stock, Pigeon & Poultry Bull. 9 30/1 Not measuring so long in feather, but..with excellent shaped, fine set legs.
1951 R. P. Hobson Grass beyond Mountains (2004) x. 96 He's too small and fine-built for any stud we want.
1980 Newsweek (Nexis) 14 Jan. 81 A foxy, fine-bred face whose sensitive eyes and alert, sharp nose are somewhat negated by a weak, thin mouth.
2015 EKantipur.com (Nepal) (Nexis) 18 Jan. This modus operandi worked well as guards did not suspect that this fine-dressed man could resort to stealing.
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