单词 | thick-skinned |
释义 | thick-skinnedadj. 1. Having a thick skin; of plants, fruits, etc., having a thick outer coat or peel. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > specific areas or structures > [adjective] > outer covering thick-skinned1545 investing1615 vaginal1653 sheathed1664 cortical1677 vaginated1770 vaginate1777 tegumental1822 tegumentary1828 calycine1872 walled1875 tunicary1900 the world > plants > part of plant > part defined by form or function > [adjective] > having covering or integument thick-skinned1813 the world > plants > part of plant > cell or aggregate tissue > [adjective] > of layers of tissue and stoma cortical1672 cuticular1830 hypodermal1854 stomatiferous1866 dermal1874 peristomatic1874 tapetal1882 thick-skinned1884 1545 Bibliotheca Eliotæ Callosus, thicke skynned. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xi. xxxix. 346 Men..who are thicke skinned..be more grosse of sence and understanding. 1813 H. Davy Elements Agric. Chem. iii. 132 In the south of Europe, hard or thin-skinned wheat is in higher estimation, than soft or thick-skinned wheat. 1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus ii. ii. 33/2 Did not these bristly thick-skinned beings [sc. hogs] here manifest intelligence? 1884 F. O. Bower & D. H. Scott tr. H. A. de Bary Compar. Anat. Phanerogams & Ferns 38 The superficial position of the stomata is the rule for herbaceous less thick-skinned parts. 2. figurative. Dull of sensation or feeling; obtuse, stolid; now esp. not sensitive to criticism or rebuff; the opposite of thin-skinned. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [adjective] > shameless or thick-skinned shamelessc897 hard-skinnedc1450 past shame1509 unblushing1595 steel-browed1600 thick-skinned1602 dead to shame1780 case-hardened1836 unsnubbable1847 hard-shelled1848 pachydermatous1849 hard-boiled1884 armour-plated1887 tough-minded1927 chalcenterous1946 chalcenteric1964 1602 2nd Pt. Returne fr. Parnassus iii. iv. 1383 The Seruile current of my slyding verse, Gently shal runne into his thick skind eares. 1658 Sir T. Browne Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall i. 13 They that are so thick skinned as still to credit the story of the Phœnix. 1828 W. Scott Jrnl. 26 June (1941) 267 He will be thick-skind if he stands the clamour. 1885 American 9 387 He is too thick-skinned to mind eloquent and indignant criticism. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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