单词 | mile-wide |
释义 | > as lemmasmile-wide mile-wide adj. ΚΠ 1820 E. Elliott Peter Faultless 107 He star'd with eyes mile-wide, or more. 1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits ii. 35 In our graveyards we scoop a pit, but this aggressive water opens mile-wide pits and chasms, and makes a mouthful of a fleet. 1903 R. Kipling Five Nations 56 I heard the mile-wide mutterings of unimagined rivers. 1991 P. J. O'Rourke Parl. of Whores (1992) 171 His troops had used ‘proportional response’. That is, they didn't soften up positions with mile-wide artillery barrages or huge air strikes. < as lemmas |
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