单词 | small-faced |
释义 | > as lemmassmall-faced small-faced adj. ΚΠ 1678 J. P. tr. J. Johnstone Descr. Nature Four-footed Beasts iii. ii. 64/2 Small-faced he is. 1770 P. Luckombe Conc. Hist. Printing 226 The same Letter..being adjudged too small-faced for..Small Pica. 1836 2nd Ann. Rep. London Union Compositors 19 Jan. in E. Howe London Compositor (1947) viii. 233 By a fount of one remove..the Trade will understand a small-faced letter cast upon a larger body—that is, upon a body the next in size to it. 1897 Earl of Suffolk et al. Encycl. Sport I. 613/2 [Lawn tennis] Avoid lop-sided or small-faced rackets, and see that the grain in the frame runs equally round the face. a1930 D. H. Lawrence Etruscan Places (1932) 143 A small~faced, weedy sort of youth. 1967 R. R. Karch & E. J. Buber Graphic Arts Procedures: Offset Processes iv. 78 Sizes range from a small-faced six point to a 13-point full point sized capital letter font. 2008 Gold Coast (Austral.) Bull. (Nexis) 29 Apr. 8 The..small-faced, double-diamond watch with the purple band..costs $4125. < as lemmas |
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