单词 | pitch-like |
释义 | > as lemmasˈpitch-like ˈpitch-like adj. resembling or characteristic of pitch; dark and viscous. ΚΠ 1686 Philos. Trans. 1685 (Royal Soc.) 15 1039 Upon Evaporating the water a dark or Pitch-like substance may be extracted. 1751 S. Richardson Clarissa (ed. 3) III. xliv. 232 It is owing to the black pitch-like blood of your venomous-hearted young Master, boiling over, as he owns, that our honest wishes have hitherto been frustrated. 1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick iii. 16 Jonah mixed him a pitch-like potion of gin and molasses. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 530/1 It is of jet-black colour and brilliant pitch-like lustre. 1993 Shakespeare Q. 44 229 Her cheek was blackened from the contact, as if..she..had received pitch-like darkening from an unworthy consort. < as lemmas |
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