单词 | prune-faced |
释义 | > as lemmasprune-faced prune-faced adj. that has or makes a wrinkled, scowling, or disapproving face likened to a prune. ΚΠ 1921 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald 13 Nov. (Mag.) 6/3 I'm no prune-faced old maid. 1966 G. M. Gressley Bankers & Gentlemen i. 18 Little prune-faced Daniel Drew, with a wicked scowl, terrorizing the Erie Railroad. 1995 Daily News (Halifax, Nova Scotia) 15 Oct. 38 Hester immediately alienates the prune-faced townspeople with her outspokenness. 2004 W. Greatshell Xombies xi. 106 In the locket was a trimmed photo of a prune-faced newborn. < as lemmas |
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