| 单词 | sunlight-starved |
| 释义 | > as lemmassunlight-starved a. With past participles with the sense ‘—— by or with sunlight’, as sunlight-dappled, sunlight-filled, sunlight-induced, sunlight-powered, sunlight-starved, etc. ΚΠ 1849 E. H. Bickersteth Poems 171 Like morning glaciers sunlight-gilt, Their path was of clouds and glory built. 1879 J. A. Harrison tr. in Spain in Profile viii. 137 When it shineth sunlight-smitten, thou wilt believe them pearls. 1914 C. Marriott Ward of Tecumseh viii. 103 All over it giant trees soared heavenward, springing from sunlight-starved ground on which no undergrowth could root. 1961 Sci. News-let. 22 July 56/2 There is a possibility that sunlight-induced, biochemical alterations may also be somehow involved. 1977 J. Wade Singing Wind vi. 74 Slowly Deborah made her way down the row, her long black skirt brushing the sunlight-dappled grass. 1993 Sci. Amer. Aug. 16/2 One day genetic engineers may be able to ‘grow’ spacecraft.., which can flit on sunlight-powered wings through the solar system and beyond, acting as our scouts. 2016 Capital (Annapolis, Maryland) (Nexis) 25 June It's a short walk down a hallway past the powder room and the new entry into the sunlight-filled main room. < as lemmas |
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