单词 | high-fenced |
释义 | > as lemmashigh-fenced high-fenced adj. ΚΠ a1666 A. Jackson Annot. Isaiah (1682) xxvi. 262 Even God's poor afflicted people shall subdue those their high fenced Cities under their power. 1755 J. N. Scott Ess. transl. Homer 24 The Day will come, when high-fenc'd Troy, tho' built By Hands divine, must fall. 1842 Christian Reg. & Boston Observer 29 Oct. 174/3 The rich ae walled in within their high fenced enclosures stuffed with downy cushions, while the poor are shivering in the cold draughty corners of the edifice. 1874 St. Nicholas Jan. 139/1 A little colt was heard whinnying alone in the high fenced lot on the side of the hill. 1905 W. D. Howells London Films i. 8 The black trees and their electric-green buds in the high-fenced square. 1995 R. P. Rivera Fabricated Mexican xxxix. 165 A high-fenced yard with a weathered sign that read ‘Burrow's Auto Wrecking’ loomed as a dead end. < as lemmas |
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