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单词 beakish
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beakishadj.

Brit. /ˈbiːkɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈbikɪʃ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: beak n.1, -ish suffix1.
Etymology: < beak n.1 + -ish suffix1.
Resembling or reminiscent of a bird's beak; esp. (of a person's nose) hooked, prominent. Hence, of a person: having such a nose.
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1875 Indianapolis Jrnl. 25 Oct. 3/4 An oldish man with a beakish nose and hawk eyes.
1890 C. Martin Austral. Girl I. iii. 49 A mouth which, though it smiled very often, had something rather hard and beakish in its formation.
1907 L. Williams Arts & Crafts Older Spain I. 165 The Roman lamp, shaped somewhat like a boat by reason of the rostrum or beakish receptacle for the wick.
1911 Cosmopolitan Mag. Nov. 765/1 The features are strong and fine, forehead full and high, eyes Norse, mouth wide and promising, nose a bit beakish.
1974 A. Tyler Celestial Navigation i. 26 He is a beakish young man with glasses, a medical student.
2012 A. Aguirre Outpost 145 His brown hair needed cutting, and a beakish nose dominated his narrow face.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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