单词 | open-throated |
释义 | > as lemmasopen-throated open-throated adj. (a) having the mouth wide open (in readiness to bite, talk, drink, etc.); loud; (b) (of a shirt) leaving the throat uncovered. ΚΠ 1600 B. Jonson Every Man out of his Humor i. ii. sig. Dii O, 'tis an open-throated, blacke-mouth'd curre, That bites at all, but eates on those that feed him. View more context for this quotation 1800 J. Hurdis Favorite Village iv. 192 The responsive cock..—his open-throated squall, That bids his wife and little-ones beware. 1836 Fraser's Mag. 13 195 It will be..swallowed by that most open-throated of flummery gulpers. 1962 ‘K. Orvis’ Damned & Destroyed 111 A loud, open-throated sports-shirt. 1989 T. Tryon Night of Moonbow iv. ix. 302 He could hear the open-throated drag of his captors' breathing as they marched doggedly on. < as lemmas |
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