| 单词 | greenish-eyed |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgreenish-eyed C2. Parasynthetic, as greenish-coloured, greenish-eyed, greenish-tinted, etc.; also similative, as greenish-looking. ΚΠ 1599 R. Linche Fountaine Anc. Fiction sig. Niii His brest all ouer-growne also with a greenish coloured sea weed or mosse. 1623 W. Traheron & E. Grimeston tr. P. Mexia Imperiall Hist. 81 Hee was a man of good constitution of body, greenish eyed, hauke nosed, very balde. 1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler 115 A May-flie, you may make his body with greenish coloured crewel. View more context for this quotation 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Veratrum The greenish-flowered Veratrum. 1850 Knickerbocker Nov. 459 A few greenish-looking pippin apples. 1891 Astron. & Astrophysics Jan. 32 A telescope of very moderate power will enable one to recognize this planet [sc. Uranus] by its greenish-hued disk. 1920 C. E. Bishop Flame of Forest 22 It was a simple white-washed edifice, with plain, greenish tinted, rather high set windows. 1989 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 29 Oct. v. 8 He hacked a..Ravenala madagascariensis,..making it spout a greenish-tasting liquid that can be used as a water substitute. 2005 G. Annussek Hitler's Raid to save Mussolini vi. 107 A greenish-coloured house half-hidden by big, laid-up fishing boats. < as lemmas |
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