单词 | industrial-sounding |
释义 | > as lemmasindustrial-sounding a. Complementary, as industrial-looking, industrial-sounding, etc., adjs. ΚΠ 1854 Metropolitan Dec. 660 One or two pleasant, industrial-looking villages were rapidly passed, and by supper-time we were snugly ensconced in the Hotel of Strabane. 1909 Archit. Rec. June 399/1 The laundry, for instance, is a plain industrial-looking brick structure. 1950 Life 16 Oct. 86/2 Big high schools..are now going in for the sensible, industrial-looking, factory type of building. 1973 Illustr. London News Aug. 39/1 The Ironbridge region, which includes such industrial-sounding places as Coalport and Buildwas, is full of wharves, mines, canals and kilns. 2013 J. Glenton Soldier Box ii. 9 The base itself was spartan, industrial-smelling and every building and fixture seemed worn. < as lemmas |
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