| 单词 | vague-menacing |
| 释义 | > as lemmasvague-menacing b. In combinations, as vague-hovering, vague-looking, vague-menacing, vague-sailing, vague-shining, etc. ΚΠ 1856 R. A. Vaughan Hours with Mystics (1860) I. 238 In this wild Universe of ours, storming-in, vague-menacing, it is enough if you shall find..existence. 1871 J. Hay Pike County Ballads (1880) 90 Vague-hovering o'er her form..A warmer and a dearer charm. 1871 J. Hay Pike County Ballads (1880) 95 Vague-sailing, where the feathery clouds Fleck white the tranquil skies. 1879 E. Dowden Southey vii. 196 Will-o'-the-wisp, vague-shining theories that beguile night wanderers. 1904 W. H. Hudson Green Mansions vi. 82 How different she seemed now; the brilliant face grown so pallid and vague-looking! 1948 W. Lewis Let. 25 Oct. (1963) 469 This super-dream..is I imagine too vague-looking to be practical. < as lemmas |
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