单词 | saddle-like |
释义 | > as lemmasˈsaddle-like ˈsaddle-like adj. ΚΠ 1599 in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (new ed.) III. 623 Vpon the Northeast side..going by the chanell you shal see certaine hilles eighteene or twentie leagues long lying Northeast and Southwest being all saddle-like. 1784 J. King Cook's Voy. Pacific III. vi. iii. 238 On each side of this break the land is quite low; beyond the opening rises a remarkable saddle-like hill. 1891 Cent. Dict. 5297/2 Saddleback,..the larva of the bombycid moth Empretia stimulea: so called on account of the saddle-like markings on the back. 1986 D. Potter Singing Detective ii. 77 Philip..is once again securely lodged in the saddle-like cleft of the upper branches of the tall old oak. 2006 Art Bull. (Nexis) 1 Sept. 590 Note especially the saddlelike appearance of the top of Augustus's head in profile view. < as lemmas |
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