单词 | pain-giving |
释义 | > as lemmaspain-giving pain-giving adj. ΚΠ 1832 J. F. Cooper Heidenmauer I. x. 168 Nay, 'tis no pain-giving penance I ask. 1934 R. V. C. Bodley Japanese Omelette iv. 30 The geta..supposed to fit the sole of a Japanese foot..are, to my mind, the most paingiving form of footwear ever devised. 2000 Sunday Times (Nexis) 22 Oct. Kenneth Hesketh's Torturous Instruments..is inspired by Hieronymous Bosch's depiction of hell, but there is nothing grotesque or pain-giving about the way the instruments are used in this fleet and felicitous, elegantly planned movement. < as lemmas |
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