单词 | plain-faced |
释义 | > as lemmasplain-faced C1. Parasynthetic, as plain-bodied, plain-coloured, plain-faced, plain-featured, etc., adjs. ΚΠ 1702 tr. G. Boccaccio Il Decamerone II. lv. 38 Messer Forese da Rabatta, was a very little Man, ill shaped, plain Faced, flat Nosed like a Bologna Dog. 1797 Milistina II. 104 He was a plain-featured man of between fifty and sixty. 1818 M. Edgeworth Let. 24 Nov. (1971) 147 A sensible plain mannered woman—more housekeeper-looking then lady-like. 1820 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Oct. 12 Thick plain-soled leather shoes. 1851 J. Ruskin Stones of Venice I. xx. 223 The fish..are always plain bodied creatures in the best mediæval sculpture. 1882 ‘Ouida’ In Maremma I. i. 18 A plain-featured, clear-skinned woman. 1938 W. de la Mare Memory & Other Poems 61 A solemn plain-faced child. 1954 D. A. Bannerman Birds Brit. Isles III. 79 Marsh Warbler... This is another plain-backed warbler, being uniform olive-brown from the crown to the rump and showing no contrast between the rump and back. 1972 Guardian 17 May 9/5 Plain coloured paper towels cost 17p for a two-roll pack. 1994 Harper's Mag. Nov. 30/2 I am a rather plain-featured, insignificant-looking creature, but I have a graceful personality. < as lemmas |
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