单词 | porkish |
释义 | porkishadj. Like a pig (in various senses); resembling pork. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > sensuality > [adjective] > animal nature in man > swinish swinelyeOE swinisha1200 hoggishc1475 porkish1545 hogling1650 1545 J. Bale Mysterye Inyquyte P. Pantolabus f. 7 Gloriouse habytacions hath pampred vp fatt foggye monkes, proude porkyshe prestes, great bellyed bysshoppes. 1570 B. Googe tr. T. Kirchmeyer Popish Kingdome i. f. 10 And rounde about his porkish necke, his Pall of passing price, He casteth on. 1828 R. Montgomery Age Reviewed (ed. 2) ii. 278 A porkish whiteness pales his plastic skin, And muslin halters hold the pimpl'd chin. 1930 A. Huxley Brief Candles (1977) 17 The more shyly bookish, the more likely he is to be secretly porkish. 1977 Listener 17 Feb. 214/2 A marvellously well-assorted bunch of character actors..the bullish Glyn Owen..the porkish thick Wilson. 2001 Daily Variety (Nexis) 9 Mar. 16 The Monkey King has his own cohorts, including the gluttonous Pigsy (Eddie Marsan beneath a porkish snout), [etc.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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