单词 | quick-footed |
释义 | > as lemmasquick-footed quick-footed adj. ΚΠ 1599 T. M. Micro-cynicon iii. sig. B8v Quickfooted kindnes, quick as it selfe thought With that wel pleasing newes but lately bought By loues assiduat care and industry, Into the Chamber runs immediatly. a1631 G. Harvey Marginalia (1913) 194 A liuely quickfingerid, and quickfootid slaue from his Moothers lapp. 1798 Addr. to Englishmen 10 To affright the effeminate quick-footed Gaul. 1839 W. C. Bryant in U.S. Mag. & Democratic Rev. Apr. 406 Here the quick-footed wolf..crushed the flower Of Sanguinaria. 1938 Times Lit. Suppl. 5 Mar. 158/1 A very quick-footed batsman. 2003 C. Lewis Dict. Playground Slang 295 Each ‘hit’ would kill off that kid until one smarmy and quick-footed twerp would survive until the bell. < as lemmas |
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