单词 | rough-sounding |
释义 | > as lemmasrough-sounding C2. With present participles, as rough-looking, rough-sounding, rough-tasting, etc. ΚΠ 1740 Gen. Evening Post 23 Feb. 2/1 He..was disturbed by a rough-looking Fellow. 1806 T. S. Surr Winter in London III. ix. 226 A rough-looking sea-faring man, about four-and-thirty years old. 1845 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Sept. 292 By ingratiating himself with this rough-seeming fraternity, Mr Waterton succeeded in obtaining specimens of many rare birds. 1904 Sewanee Rev. 12 308 The horns blared rough-sounding blasts. 1975 Jet 24 Apr. 19 (advt.) Had it with rough-tasting menthols? Then ease into Salem. 1995 A. Warner Morvern Callar (1996) 204 I reeled off some rough-feeling toilet paper and dabbed at the sweat. 2006 A. Summers One Train Later xiv. 213 We pull into rough-looking truck stops to eat hamburgers..and french fries. < as lemmas |
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