单词 | roof-wise |
释义 | > as lemmasˈroof-wise ˈroof-wise adv. ΚΠ 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Haultmuré A dish of brewes, whose soppes are heaped roofewise one vpon another. 1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus i. iii. 5/2 Those thick locks..overlapping roof-wise the gravest face we ever in this world saw. 1901 M. C. Dickerson Moths & Butterflies ii. 146 When it is resting, the wings are folded roof-wise over the body. 1994 W. B. Lincoln Conquest of Continent xxiv. 199 ‘Each longitudinal half of this low platform,’ he went on, ‘sloped a little, roof-wise, from the center.’ < as lemmas |
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