| 单词 | to look squally |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto look squally 3. figurative. Stormy, troublous, threatening. Chiefly U.S., esp. in the phrase to look squally. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > threat or threatening > [adjective] > specifically of aspect, etc. louringa1450 ominousa1593 loury1686 to look black1709 squally1814 thundery1824 thunderous1844 1814 W. Irving in Life & Lett. (1864) I. 315 Affairs, I am afraid, are about to look squally on our Canada frontier. 1834 C. A. Davis Lett. J. Downing, Major xiv. 95 The times are now gittin pretty squally, and if we don't look out sharp, things will go all to smash. 1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. xlv. 418 But for some hours things looked squally enough. 1876 Mrs. H. Wood Parkwater (1879) 284 In the midst of her squally bargaining with the fish-vendor. < as lemmas |
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