单词 | lark-like |
释义 | > as lemmasˈlark-like ˈlark-like adv. and adj. (a) adv. in the manner of a lark; (b) adj. resembling or characteristic of a lark; like that of a lark. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > non-arboreal (larks, etc.) > [adjective] > resembling the lark lark-like1692 c1618 Confession & Repentance G. Saunders in Saue Thiefe from Gallowes (single sheet) ii./2 Larke-like I flye vnto the liuing Spring. 1692 T. Milway Funeral Serm. 25 In God's Prison his Lark-like warblings Do cease. 1894 R. B. Sharpe Handbk. Birds Great Brit. (1896) 79 The Meadow-Pipit having a Lark-like hind claw. 1976 M. F. Soper N.Z. Birds 132 Found from one end of New Zealand to the other,..the Pipit is the lark-like bird seen on such open tracts of country. 2003 C. Peachment Green & Gold (2004) 313 He rose and soared, lark-like through the darkening heavens. < as lemmas |
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