单词 | heron-billed |
释义 | > as lemmasheron-billed C2. Parasynthetic, as heron-billed, heron-feathered, heron-legged, heron-plumed, etc. ΚΠ 1785 Lady's Mag. Apr. 194/2 Heron-billed Ficoides [i.e. a type of plant]. 1819 A. Spenser Iskander III. ii. 59 Waving his heron-plumed helmet in the air. 1883 Los Angeles Daily Times 5 Apr. 2/2 The heron-legged, four-button-cut-away coated,..pounded-silver-headed-cane ‘Dude’ of the period. 1932 W. B. Yeats Words for Music 12 The heron-billed pale Cattle-birds. 1935 C. Day Lewis Time to Dance & Other Poems 21 The heron-feathered sky. 1993 N. Amer. Rev. July 6/2 The fisher emerges, heron-headed, a little splay-footed, gawky. < as lemmas |
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