单词 | high-bridged |
释义 | > as lemmashigh-bridged 2. Of a nose: having a bridge (bridge n.1 10a) of a specified type, as high-bridged, sharp-bridged, etc. ΚΠ 1826 G. Wood Rambles of Redbury Rook viii. 124 That thin, emaciated, elderly gentleman, with..his knees, drum-stick legs, and sunk-in cheeks, high-bridged nose, hurried walk, and eccentric appearance. 1922 G. K. Chesterton Man who knew too Much 78 A tall, fair, rather languid-looking man with a bald brow and a high-bridged nose. 1991 R. R. McCammon Boy's Life i. i. 8 I had my mother's small-boned frame and her wavy, dark brown hair, but my father had given me his blue eyes and his sharp-bridged nose. 2016 M. S. Venit Visualizing Afterlife in Tombs of Graeco-Roman Egypt i. 14/2 One man has a low-bridged nose and thickened lips. high-bridged high-bridged adj. ΚΠ 1767 E. Lloyd Conversation 22 On high-bridg'd Noses polish'd Glasses ride (For Glasses are the Politician's Pride). 1871 ‘M. Legrand’ Cambr. Freshman 138 A Quixotic gentleman, of ancient lineage, in whose high-bridged and defiant nose the Indian saw a resemblance to an eagle's beak. 1992 New Yorker 24 Aug. 54/2 The van itself feels less like a car than like some high-bridged, sure-ruddered freighter. < as lemmas |
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