| 单词 | arrow-like |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈarrow-like ˈarrow-like adj. and adv. (a) adv. in the manner of an arrow; (b) adj. resembling (that of) an arrow. ΚΠ 1588 J. Aske Elizabetha Triumphans 28 Arrow-like they scouring on the Seas, Are within sight of that long look'd-for Fleete. 1662 tr. F. Plater et al. Golden Pract. Physick (new ed.) iii. iii. 235/1 The Sagital or arrow like suture. 1739 G. Thomson Compend. Anat. i. 2 in Syllabus The skull consists of eight bones joined to one another by five seams... The arrow-like seam, joining the wall bones. 1847 F. W. L. Leichhardt Jrnl. Overland Exped. Austral. v. 156 The dollar-bird passed with its arrow-like flight. 1956 Irish Times 4 Aug. 7/3 The cry ‘Our Father’ ascended arrow-like to pierce the heavens. 2006 Guardian 12 Jan. i. 34/5 Waders with their coal-black bills, legs and prominent arrow-like wing bars. < as lemmas |
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