| 单词 | gently swaying |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgently swaying C1. With present and past participles, forming adjectives, as in gently curving, gentle sloping, gently spiced, gently swaying, etc. ΚΠ ?a1656 J. Poole Eng. Parnassus (1657) 535 Encompass'd round with gently rising hills. 1706 N. Rowe Ulysses ii. i. 16 While Neptune smooths his Waters for their Passage, And gently whistling Winds invite their Sails. 1776 W. J. Mickle tr. L. de Camoens Lusiad 300 While to the lute the gently-falling oar Now breaks the surges of the briny tide. 1839 T. N. Talfourd Glencoe iii. ii. 57 Through cluster'd piles Of gently-moulded columns. 1877 R. L. Price Two Americas iii. 39 The country..consisted of gently undulating plains, covered with short herbage. 1947 P. Bourne Drums of Destiny lxxxii. 340 The avenue of gently swaying palm trees. 1960 H. Hayward Connoisseur's Handbk. Antique Collecting 246/1 Some late 18th cent. chairs have a gently curving seat sloping down in the centre. 1989 A. Aird 1990 Good Pub Guide 144 Chicken breast in a gently spiced Greek tomato sauce. 2017 Irish Times (Nexis) 2 Sept. 6 The gently sloping gardens. < as lemmas |
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