| 单词 | light-framed |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslight-framed a. With reference to the body or a part of the body, forming adjectives with the sense ‘having (a) slim or slight ——’, by combining with a noun + - ed, as in light-framed, light-muscled, etc.Some of the more established compounds of this type are treated separately at Compounds 3. See also light-bodied adj. 1, light-limbed adj. ΚΠ 1811 A. Grant tr. in La Belle Assemblée Dec. 366/2 The light-formed hind, with slender limbs, Reposing under the foliage, in the sultry heat. 1859 Auburn (N.Y.) Weekly Amer. 5 Jan. A light waisted gentleman, in endeavoring to perform a pirouette on North-st. lost his balance and sate down in the gutter. 1869 Birmingham Daily Post 11 Jan. 7/4 He was a fair animal once, but.., independent of his being too light-shouldered to ever win a Derby, it is questionable if..he will ever again be within lengths of Belladrum. 1966 Austin (Minnesota) Daily Herald 24 May 7 a/1 A pink cheeked, tousle-haired light-muscled fellow who under normal circumstances would be considered by society as half man, half boy. 2012 S. Grafton W is for Wasted (2013) 292 He wasn't a big man, maybe five foot ten. He was light-framed, narrow through the shoulders, with a wiry strength as opposed to brawn. < as lemmas |
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