| 单词 | ten-foot rod |
| 释义 | > as lemmasten-foot rod ten-foot adj. measuring, or having, ten feet; figurative phr. ten feet tall used contextually to convey extreme self-assurance or pride; ten-foot coal, a thick seam in Yorkshire; ten-foot rod, a levelling-pole. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > [adjective] > having ten feet ten-foot1701 the world > the earth > earth sciences > geography > map-making > surveying > [noun] > surveying instruments > staff or pole > for levelling ten-foot rod1701 stave1838 the world > the earth > minerals > mineral deposits > [noun] > stratum or bed > of coal > type of coal seam foot coal1665 foot-rid1665 top coal1803 ten-yard coal1839 rider1840 ten-foot coal1855 top-hard1855 yard-coal1855 yard-seam1862 guide seam1867 main1867 bank1881 rearer1883 thick coal1883 thick seam1883 thin seam1883 the mind > emotion > pride > excessive self-confidence > [adjective] over-trusty?c1225 assured1477 self-wise1573 confident1600 flush1604 crested1619 sufficienta1625 self-sufficient1628 self-confiding1647 self-trustinga1660 self-secure1679 self-assured1711 cocksure1842 secure1859 self-sufficing1874 ten feet tall1962 1701 T. Tuttell Descr. Math. Instruments in J. Moxon Math. made Easie (ed. 3) 19 Ten foot Rods, See Station-staffs. 1793 A. Seward Lett. (1811) III. 322 The iambic accent, unmixed with the trochaic, especially in the ten-feet couplet. 1855 J. Phillips Man. Geol. 190 The thickest coal in the district,..that called the thick or ten-foot coal in Yorkshire. 1955 (title of television film) The man is 10 feet tall.] 1962 M. Hastings Yes, & After ii. i. 72 You must always be ten feet tall imagining yourself doing this or doing that. 1964 D. Francis Nerve xvii. 237 It made me feel warm inside... I felt ten feet tall. 1970 A. Draper Swansong for Rare Bird i. 11 I must say I felt 10 feet tall and there was a soppy grin on my face. < as lemmas |
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