| 单词 | hippopotamus-shaped |
| 释义 | > as lemmashippopotamus-shaped C2. Parasynthetic, as hippopotamus-headed, hippopotamus-shaped, etc. ΚΠ 1841 J. G. Wilkinson Manners & Customs Anc. Egyptians 2nd Ser. II. xiv. 179 The only instances of a hippopotamus-headed God are in some figures of blue pottery. 1895 W. St. C. Boscawen Bible & Monuments vi. 169 The worst form of punishment was that of annihilation and destruction by the hippopotamus-shaped Devourer. 1930 Bode (Iowa) Bugle 30 May This hippopotamus-mouthed mountainside [sc. Carlsbad Caverns] is far off the beaten tracks of both commerce and travel. 1984 N.Y. Mag. 23 Apr. 98/1 Greer..bombards our hippopotamus-hided culture with statistics, anecdotes, wisecracks.., and casually lobbed lumps of fact. 2008 W. Mosley Diablerie 154 ‘Mr. Dibbuk,’ the hippopotamus-faced ugly man said, ‘come with me.’ < as lemmas |
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