| 单词 | marble-faced |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmarble-faced a. Smooth as marble. Also in marble-faced adj.Used chiefly of a body of water. In quot. 1667 perhaps with sense ‘lucid, bright, clear’. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > flatness or levelness > smoothness > [adjective] > like specific substance or material silken1513 marble1558 ivorya1586 velvet1592 satin1605 silka1616 velvet-like1677 satin-like1680 satined1693 satiny1693 velvety1752 marbly1814 satin-smooth1838 ivorine1888 ivoried1890 swanskin1925 1558 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Seuen First Bks. Eneidos vii. sig. V.iiijv As thick as winter waues in Marble seas [L. Libyco..marmore] ar turnd and tost. 1558 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Seuen First Bks. Eneidos vi. sig. R iij b All what marblefacyd seas [L. marmoreo..aequore]conteines of monstrous fries. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iii. 564 Through the pure marble Air. View more context for this quotation 1888 R. Kipling Lett. of Marque (1891) i. ix. 58 The marble-faced border of one of the most lovely lakes on earth. < as lemmas |
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