单词 | long-lacked |
释义 | > as lemmaslong-lacked long-lacked adj. now rare that has been absent or missed for a long time. ΚΠ 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. iii. sig. C5 Ah my long lacked Lord, Where haue ye bene thus long out of my sight? ?1614 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses ii. 24 In purpose to explore My long lackt Father. 1769 ‘Coriat Junior’ Another Traveller! II. xxiii. 216 Their triumph only could procure him peace—long-lacked, never-ending peace! 1891 Christian Union (N.Y.) 29 Jan. 150/1 To visit that city now without this long-lacked companion would be a willful neglect of perhaps irretrievable opportunities. 1937 Time 11 Oct. 83/1 Inhibited by his beautiful, strait-laced wife, spirited Farmer McLeod discovers in her equally beautiful but more lifelike younger sister a long-lacked audience and companion. < as lemmas |
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