| 单词 | silence-loving |
| 释义 | > as lemmassilence-loving b. With present participles, forming adjectives in which silence expresses the object of the underlying verb, as in silence-breaking, silence-loving. ΚΠ 1625 W. Lisle tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Noe in tr. Part of Du Bartas 157 The silence-louing night and labour-guiding day. 1896 Washington Post 31 Aug. 4/7 While I drowsed there, on the night air, came a voice from out the Somewhere, penetrating, silence-breaking, shaking all my chamber floor. 2015 Scots Mag. Apr. 20/2 It says ‘cheep’ but it does so with a silence-stabbing potency. < as lemmas |
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