| 单词 | hollow-cheeked |
| 释义 | > as lemmashollow-cheeked a. Parasynthetic, as hollow-backed, hollow-billed, hollow-cheeked, hollow-chested, hollow-footed, hollow-horned, hollow-jawed, hollow-toned, hollow-vaulted, hollow-voiced adjs. Also hollow-eyed adj., hollow-hearted adj. ΚΠ ?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xxxiv The nyne properties of an asse..the seuenth to be rounde foted, ye eyght to be holowe foted. 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Pettoruto,..that is hollow chested. 1603 J. Davies Microcosmos Pref. 23 Breath'd out with grones, like hollow-voiced windes. a1800 W. Cowper Yardley-Oak in W. Hayley Life & Posthumous Writings Cowper (1804) III. 409 A shatter'd veteran, hollow-trunk'd perhaps. 1843 W. Youatt Horse (new ed.) iv. 88 Some persons prefer a hollow-backed horse. 1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick cxxxi. 595 ‘Look!’ replied the hollow-cheeked captain from his taffrail. 1854 R. Owen Struct. Skeleton & Teeth in Orr's Circle Sci.: Org. Nature I. 239 The ruminants..called hollow-horned. 1886 W. B. Yeats Mosada 6 Bright-eyed, and hollow-cheeked From fasting. 1963 V. Nabokov Gift iv. 240 He listened to these hollow-chested verses. < as lemmas |
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