| 单词 | high-gabled |
| 释义 | > as lemmashigh-gabled high-gabled adj. ΚΠ 1824 J. Porter Duke Christian of Luneburg I. xii. 229 The high gabled houses, with their successive stories pending over each other, rendered the streets beneath almost totally dark. 1895 Monthly Illustrator 5 307 He wanders leisurely under the shadows of the tall trees that fringe the roads and lend a rustic grace to the quaint, high-gabled cottages. 1941 Life 27 Oct. 69 Before the high-gabled Flemish town of Courtrai a mighty French cavalry army, led by Count Robert of Artois, was drawn up in battle array. 1986 Mass. Rev. 27 704 After witnessing the daring acrobatics of an American parachute fiend.., he climbed up on the high gabled roof of his house and hurled himself courageously into space, clasping an open umbrella in his hand. 2008 Independent 22 Mar. (Mag.) 11/3 This shingle strand with its row of austere, high-gabled houses..has an end-of-the world feel. < as lemmas |
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