单词 | statuelike |
释义 | statuelikeadv.adj. A. adv. In a manner resembling a statue, esp. in being motionless or silent. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > absence of movement > [adverb] > without moving to stand stillc1000 stone-still?c1225 statuelike1640 unmovingly1733 stirlessly1825 statically1841 motionlessly1847 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > inaudibility > [adverb] > silently stillyc1000 stilla1225 softlyc1330 whistlya1400 silentlya1425 coylyc1475 quietly1488 still1535 huishtly1548 whishtly1548 mutely1587 silentially1627 statuelike1640 tacitly1643 noiselessly1794 soundlessly1837 soundless1844 mouse-like1874 quietlike1909 1640 W. Habington Queene of Arragon ii. sig. Dv Here statue-like Ile fix For ever, till your pity..enforce a life within me. 1661 T. Ross tr. Silius Italicus Second Punick War ii. 18 Statue-like She stands, A while, and Silent weeps. 1773 G. Fitzgerald Acad. Sportsman 17 Oft have I seen thee..Snuff the fresh Air,..Then Statue-like, with lifted Foot proclaim The Partridge near. 1796 R. Jephson Conspiracy ii. i. 28 Rome's proudest she, Even Sextus' sister, even the elect of Titus, Had statue-like stood still at my command. 1850 R. Gordon-Cumming Five Years Hunter's Life S. Afr. II. xxviii. 233 The elephant..stood statue-like beside the fountain. 1882 Harper's Mag. June 90/2 He stood statue-like at the head of the line of dancers. 1920 Z. Grey Redheaded Outfield 237 Burt had stopped statue-like as if stricken in his tracks. 1995 P. Roth Sabbath's Theater 131 The triumphant puppeteer, standing statuelike above her. B. adj. Resembling a statue, esp. in being motionless or silent. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > statuary > [adjective] statuary1627 statuelike1663 1663 J. D. tr. H. de Péréfixe de Beaumont Hist. Henry IV iii. 381 Some through grief became immoveable & Statue-like; others ran through the streets like mad men. 1752 W. Mason Elfrida 48 My Lord, the King is enter'd: stand not thus In statue-like Distress. 1797 S. J. Pratt Family Secrets V. 632 Astonishment and joy fixed the whole assembly..in the same statue-like positions. 1828 M. R. Mitford Our Village III. 38 Her long straight hair, parted on the forehead and twisted into a thick knot behind, gave a statue-like grace to her head. 1887 J. C. Frémont Memoirs 39 The copper-bronze of their skins, burnt in by many suns, increased the statue-like effect. 1919 Yale Lit. Mag. Mar. 114 His hair is not at all statuelike. 1947 Illustr. London News 15 Feb. 215 The well-known statue-like column of rock. 2007 A. Romano-Lax Spanish Bow x. 181 I waited, listening, thinking of..the statuelike servant off to one side of the room. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.adj.1640 |
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