| 单词 | vein-bursting |
| 释义 | > as lemmasvein-bursting b. spec. Forming adjectives denoting extreme physical effort or intensity, as vein-bursting, vein-popping, etc. ΚΠ 1908 E. C. Booth Post-girl xxxvi. 387 He was making this vein-bursting struggle to come abreast with her. 1949 Lowell (Mass.) Sun 29 July 8/3 The winner gets a bottle of wine, though he or she sometimes must perform an additional feat; blowing up a balloon bigger than some vein-popping runner-up can. 1980 J. R. Nash Murder, Amer. 68 The beefy Hessel responded with vein-popping incredulity, yelling back, ‘What!’. 1992 Independent 1 Apr. 21/2 A series of merciless, vein-bulging ‘bollockings’, as they are known. 2008 Wire Feb. 16/3 A righteous wall of vein-melting improvised freakery. < as lemmas |
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