| 单词 | spread-eagle-wise |
| 释义 | > as lemmasspread-ˈeagle-wise spread-ˈeagle-wise adv. now rare so as to suggest the form or appearance of a spread eagle; with arms and legs outstretched. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of stretching body > [adverb] > like a spread eagle spread-eagle-wise1669 spreadeagled1880 spread eagle1905 1669 J. Dryden Wild Gallant ii. i. 15 I use to tell him of his two Capons tails about his hat, that are laid spread eagle wise to make a feather. 1837 J. W. Kaye Doveton I. x. 102 Poor Arthur..was borne down bodily by this unlooked-for collision, and stretched spread-eagle-wise on the ground. 1895 Manch. Weekly Times 6 Dec. 6/3 The prisoner divested himself of jacket and shirt, and extended his arms to be strapped spread-eagle-wise to the felloes of the gun-wheel. 1936 Weekly Irish Times 24 Oct. 18/1 A fairly narrow, circular collar, ending in a scalloped jabot which folds over spread-eagle wise on the bodice. < as lemmas |
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