| 单词 | homely-looking |
| 释义 | > as lemmashomely-looking C1. Forming parasynthetic and complementary adjectives, as homely-featured, homely-looking, etc. ΚΠ 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth V. 174 Many of the more homely looking fowls are very deservedly preferred. 1785 W. Cowper Task iv. 252 Like homely-featured Night. 1864 A. McKay Hist. Kilmarnock (ed. 3) 99 Our farmers were then more homely-looking individuals than at present. 1886 H. C. Bunner Midge i. 15 Alphonsine, the homely-faced, good-natured apprentice of the house of Goubard. 1908 K. L. Jenner Our Lady in Art i. v. 63 Mary, a homely-featured peasant woman, is seated on a bench in the carpenter's shop. 1987 M. Hollis Cunning of Reason (1989) viii. 128 This homely-sounding truth has direct implications for economic theory. 2006 Philadelphia July 84/1 Tomatoes, thin-skinned, sometimes homely-looking, always delicious. < as lemmas |
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