单词 | swift-footed |
释义 | swift-footedadj. Having swift feet; running or going swiftly. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > going swiftly on foot > [adjective] > performed with or accompanied by running > swift of foot lightOE fiery-footed1565 fleet-foot1593 swift-foot1594 wind-foot1598 swift-footed1609 footed as (also like, with) the wind1612 fast-footed?1615 swift-heeled1634 fleet-footed1726 wind-footed1848 1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets xix. sig. B4v Do what ere thou wilt swift-footed time To the wide world. 1617 W. Drummond Forth Feasting sig. A2v Some swiftest-footed get her hence. 1632 P. Massinger Emperour of East iv. i. sig. H3v Swift footed Atalanta. 1741 Mem. Martinus Scriblerus xiv. 54 in A. Pope Wks. II Manteger..made a circle round the chamber, and..the swift-footed Martin pursued him. 1870 W. C. Bryant tr. Homer Iliad I. i. 5 Achilles the swift-footed, answered thus. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < adj.1609 |
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