| 单词 | kangaroo tendon |
| 释义 | > as lemmaskangaroo tendon C1. General combinations, as kangaroo attitude, kangaroo hunt, kangaroo hunting, kangaroo leather, kangaroo market (sense 3), kangaroo net, kangaroo tail, kangaroo tendon; also kangaroo-like adj., kangaroo-wise adv. ΚΠ 1827 P. Cunningham Two Years New S. Wales II. xxii. 90 Kangaroo-leather boots. 1835 Court Mag. 6 11/2 The finical air and kangaroo attitude with which his kid-gloved hands hold the white reins. 1859 K. Cornwallis Panorama New World I. 197 Kangaroo-tail soup, which was there [i.e. at Melbourne] much esteemed. 1877 E. R. Conder Basis of Faith Note F 447 This kind of reasoning neither marches nor soars: it progresses kangaroo-wise—by wide leaps. 1884 Standard Nat. Hist. V. 96 The..Pocket-mice, a number of which are jerboa-like or kangaroo-like. 1894 R. C. Praed Christina Chard I. i. 8 They knighted him because he got up a kangaroo hunt for a prince. 1897 Westm. Gaz. 10 June 8/1 In the Kangaroo market..the outlook is equally favourable. < as lemmas |
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