| 单词 | long-sought-after |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslong-sought-after long-sought-after adj. ΚΠ 1642 F. Potter Interpr. 666 Ep. to Rdr. sig. **v Among this wood, and hay, and stubble, which I have here heaped together, there is also some Gold, and some Silver, and some Pretious Stones (that is some long sought after and desireable truthes). 1844 C. J. Lever Tom Burke II. lxxxvi. 287 There they were, revelling in the long sought after restoration of their former state. 1868 Dundee Courier & Argus 28 Mar. Several of the Manchester police officers saw him, but failed to identify him as the long sought after Captain Deasey. 1927 B. J. Stern Social Factors in Med. Progress i. ii. 31 The medical profession must be excessively cautious to counteract the tendency of the nonmedical public to herald every discovery as a long sought after cure. 2006 Up Here (Yellowknife, N.W. Territories) July 15/3 The long-sought-after transitional creature..is the first-ever verified link between sea creatures and an evolutionary string of land-dwellers. < as lemmas |
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