| 单词 | heron-like |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈheron-like ˈheron-like adj. [after French †haironnier (chiefly of legs) resembling a heron, thin, lean (first half of the 16th cent. in Middle French; in later use †héronnier)] ΚΠ 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Haironnier, of or belonging to, a heron; also, heron-like. 1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 1st Bk. Wks. i. 15 In spight of Ate and her Hern-like thigh. 1796 ‘M. Fitz John’ Joan! III. xv. 197 The heron-like Miss Assington. 1895 Pop. Sci. Monthly Apr. 772 These heronlike falcons are distributed over the greater part of Africa. 1992 I. Banks Crow Road xiv. 344 The heron-like lawyer seemed sad that the will was litigation-proof. 2002 G. M. Eberhart Mysterious Creatures I. 44/2 Bennu Bird , The sacred bird of Egypt that escorted souls to heaven...Giant, heronlike bird. Taller than a man. < as lemmas |
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