单词 | shower-resisting |
释义 | > as lemmasshower-resisting c. Objective (with verbal nouns and participles), as shower-producing, shower-resisting, shower-taking, etc. ΚΠ 1743 P. Francis & W. Dunkin tr. Horace Odes II. iii. xxvii. 127 E'er speeds the Shower-boding Crow To Lakes, whose languid Waters cease to flow. 1800 J. Hurdis Favorite Village iii. 122 The cloud immense, whose shower-shedding folds Have all day dwelt upon a deluged world. 1849 T. A. Buckley tr. Æschylus Suppliants in tr. Æschylus Trag. 211 The shower-bearing winds of the fell sea. 1903 Bull. National Assoc. Wool Manufacturers May 97 The fancy for black and white has also been strongly shown in coverts for shower-resisting cloaks and proofing cloths. 1988 D. A. Willson REMF Diary 112 It's so cold here, I believe that I'll confine my shower-taking to every other day instead of daily. 2010 C. D. Ahrens & P. Samson Extreme Weather & Climate ix. 249/1 The moist flow..condenses into towering, shower-producing clouds. < as lemmas |
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