| 单词 | gilt-handled |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgilt-handled a. Parasynthetic, as gilt-handled, gilt-headed, etc. ΚΠ 1686 London Gaz. No. 2100/4 Little Gilt-handled Swords. 1747 T. Sheridan Humble Addr. Ladies of Dublin 5 The flourishing of a Petit Maitre's gilt-handled Sword over your Heads. 1751 F. Coventry Hist. Pompey the Little (ed. 2) ii. xi. 263 He equipped himself with a gilt-headed cane. 1825 D. L. Richardson Sonnets 135 A gilt-robed villain came, With heartless guile her hopes betrayed And triumphed o'er her shame. 1858 Skyring's Builder's Prices (ed. 48) 7 Gilt-headed screws double..the above prices. 1859 G. A. Sala Gaslight & Daylight xxvi. 301 The silken calves and gilt-knobbed sticks of the splendid footmen. 1914 E. A. Powell End of Trail xi. 323 I am not accustomed to raise an admonishing hand when some one uncorks a gilt-topped bottle. 1950 D. Gascoyne Vagrant 12 Into the ivory-panelled gilt-grilled lift. 1970 D. Clark Deadly Pattern v. 104 A gilt-legged Chesterfield upholstered in cream slipper satin. 2006 Esquire Jan. 82/2 The gilt-rimmed boxes, tiny figures frantic on the tiers. < as lemmas |
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