| 单词 | ostrich-like |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈostrich-like ˈostrich-like adv. and adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > ignoring, disregard > [adjective] ostrich1598 disregarding1659 ignoring1844 ostrich-like1881 struthonian1963 1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 39 The red Herring..Estrich-like walkes his stations. 1634 Noble Souldier iv. sig. Fv Estridge-like, To digest Iron and Steele! 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. II. iv. ix. 261 They can,..stick their heads ostrich-like into what sheltering Fallacy is nearest. 1881 Macmillan's Mag. 44 294/2 It is ostrich-like, it is suicidal, to ignore the fact of its disappearance. 1895 Pop. Sci. Monthly Apr. 761 Among the existing ostrichlike types we have the Apteryx. 1944 Sci. Jrnl. Royal Coll. Sci. 14 64 Profound influences are continually at work causing changes in the general constitution of man, and no amount of ostrich-like behaviour will prevent their action. 1989 J. L. Caasti Paradigms Lost vi. 360 By now most of us probably wish to just bury our heads in the sand, ostrichlike. 1994 New Scientist 17 Sept. 17/2 A spanish fossil, the oldest known member of a family of ostrich-like dinosaurs is intriguing palaeontologists. < as lemmas |
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