单词 | human-headed |
释义 | > as lemmashuman-headed (a) Forming parasynthetic compounds, as human-headed, human-hearted, human-shaped, human-sized, etc., adjectives; human-heartedness n. ΚΠ 1653 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis (rev. ed.) 444 It is written of the River Colhan, in the Kingdome of Cobin among the Indians, that there are some humane shaped Fishes there called Cippœ, which feed upon other fishes. a1711 T. Ken Hymnotheo ix, in Wks. (1721) III. 256 No human-bounded Mind Can comprehend Love unconfin'd. 1768 Woman of Honor III. 196 A human-figured stick. 1844 C. Fox Jrnl. 9 Jan. (1972) 148 Dickens' beautiful human-hearted ‘Christmas Carol’. 1853 Times 7 May 7/2 Two works of Assyrian art were unearthed,..a pair of winged human-headed lions in perfect preservation, and most elaborately carved. 1870 W. Graham Lect. Ephes. 246 The humanheartedness of the Father. 1880 ‘V. Lee’ Belcaro ii. 33 This Niobe group, twice human-sized. 1911 L. R. Farnell Greece & Babylon iv. 54 The human-shaped deities whom we find standing on lions in the Babylonian art. 1967 Jrnl. Amer. Folklore 80 404 Surely Solomon's geometric Temple is a far cry from a Gothic cathedral with human-figured friezes and portals. 2007 Guardian 9 Aug. 5/1 Scientists in Japan have taught a human-sized robot to imitate the steps of a dancer. < as lemmas |
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