| 单词 | silent-falling |
| 释义 | > as lemmassilent-falling a. Modifying participles, with the sense ‘in a silent way’, as in silent-falling, silent-sliding, silent-working, etc. (adjectives). ΚΠ 1596 C. Fitzgeffry Sir Francis Drake sig. F3 Like as some travel-tired passenger, By silent-sliding Thames rose-shadow'd side..Sits downe to view the sight-reviving slide. ?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads xv. 35 Thou Flood, whose silent-gliding waues, the vnder ground doth beare. 1728 J. Thomson Spring 45 Like silent-working Heaven, surprizing oft The lonely Heart with unexpected Good. 1820 J. Keats Lamia ii, in Lamia & Other Poems 36 Wherefore flout The silent-blessing fate, warm cloister'd hours. 1868 J. H. Newman Verses Var. Occasions 157 I will..view Each shrivelling stalk and silent-falling leaf. 2004 Sunday Tasmanian (Nexis) 3 Oct. 32 Even the handsome kitchen..is filled with silent-sliding mini panels that hide clutter from view. < as lemmas |
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