| 单词 | hydra-like |
| 释义 | > as lemmashydra-like C2. similative or parasynthetic, as hydra-headed, hydra-kinded, hydra-necked adjs.; also hydra-like adj. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > plurality > [adjective] > multiple hydra-headed1589 multiplex1606 multiplicious1617 myriad1817 1589 W. Warner Albions Eng. (new ed.) v. xxviii. 126 Those Hydra-kinded warres. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) i. i. 36 Nor neuer Hidra-headed Wilfulnesse So soone did loose his Seat; and all at once; As in this King. View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Dryden Annus Mirabilis 1666 ccxlix. 63 Hydra-like, the fire, Lifts up his hundred heads to aim his way. 1803 T. R. Malthus Ess. Princ. Population (new ed.) i. vi. 72 This hydra-headed monster rose again after a few years. 1842 Ainsworth's Mag. 2 43 The Puff Literary is hydra-headed. 1871 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues II. 41 Fancying that they can cut off at a blow the Hydra-like rogueries of mankind. 1899 Daily News 8 Feb. 7/5 The hydra~headed leadership of the Irish party. 1963 Daily Tel. 20 Nov. 14/2 The hydra-headed challenge of London's mounting traffic congestion. < as lemmas |
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