| 单词 | keel-compelling |
| 释义 | > as lemmaskeel-compelling C1. General, as keel-rib, keel-timber; keel-billed, keel-compelling, keel-shaped, keel-spanning adjs. ΚΠ 1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. v. 43 Having the Proportion of any one Ship..with the length of her Keel-Timbers. 1787 E. Darwin et al. tr. C. Linnaeus et al. Families of Plants I. 33 Per[ianth]..the valvelets keel-compressed. 1812 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Cantos I & II ii. xx. 71 Blow! swiftly blow, thou keel-compelling gale. 1854 S. P. Woodward Man. Mollusca ii. 241 Their keel-shaped foot is adapted for ploughing through sand or mud. 1854 J. Gould Toucans 2 Ramphastos carinatus, Keel-billed Toucan. 1871 W. Morris in J. W. Mackail Life W. Morris (1899) I. 245 The boats are built high stem and stern, with the keel-rib running up into an ornament at each end. < as lemmas |
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