| 单词 | twice-shelled |
| 释义 | > as lemmastwice-shelled a. In combination with participles, forming compound adjectives, as twice-baked, twice-bearing, twice-blowing, twice-boiled, twice-conquered, twice-dipped, twice-dyed, twice-given, twice-married, twice-refined, twice-roasted, twice-shelled, twice-sworn, twice-turned (see also twice-born adj., twice-laid adj., twice-told adj.); rarely with other adjectives, as twice-foul, twice-mortal. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > evasive deception, shiftiness > [adjective] > double-dealing twifoldc897 doublea1340 twice-sworn1542 ambidexter1549 double-hearteda1555 double-faced1574 doubling1581 double-dealing1587 twi-faced1635 two-faceda1640 ambidextrous1646 double-headed1646 two-hearteda1656 ambidextral1665 twistical1805 twistifying1845 twistified1872 duplicitous1958 1542 Reg. Mag. Sig. Scot. 616/2 Tuyse schelit meill. 1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie Pref. 9 These twice sworne men. 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. iv. 125 The twice-foule Rauen. 1642 T. Fuller Holy State v. xi. 405 Such as take themselves to be twice-refined. 1700 T. Brown Amusem. Serious & Comical x. 125 That unpalatable Ragoust, called in Latin Cramben Biscoctum, and in plain English, Twice-boil'd Cabbage. 1709 A. Pope Chaucer's January & May in Poet. Misc.: 6th Pt. 184 Twice-marry'd Dames. 1743 E. Young Complaint: Night the Fourth 43 Faith..Dying, tenfold Terror gives to Death, And dips in Venom his twice-mortal Sting. 1743 P. Francis & W. Dunkin tr. Horace Odes (new ed.) I. ii. xvi. 42 The twice-dyed purple. c1820 S. Rogers Paestum in Italy 89 Paestum's twice-blowing roses. 1842 J. C. Loudon Suburban Horticulturist 568 The twice-bearing red [raspberry]. 1846 H. G. Robinson Odes of Horace ii. xvi And wool with Afric's dye..Twice-dipp'd. 1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick xxvi. 125 As hard as twice-baked biscuits. < as lemmas |
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