| 单词 | viper-catcher |
| 释义 | > as lemmasviper-catcher a. Combinations, as viper-curled, viper-green, viper-haunted, viper-headed, viper-mouthed, viper-nourished adjs.; viper-catcher, viper-hunter, viper-hunting. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > green or greenness > [adjective] > other greens beech-greenc1450 viper-greenc1602 sap-green1658 pea-green1752 leaf-green1810 lettuce green1834 Kendal green1866 jade-green1868 pistachio1875 lizard-green1897 mango1991 c1602 C. Marlowe tr. Ovid Elegies iii. xi. sig. Fv Our verse great Tityus a huge space out-spreads, And giues the viper curled Dogge three heads. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 526 If it happen that..any man chaunce to light vpon these Viper-nourished-blinde-Dormise. 1702 R. Mead Mech. Acct. Poisons i. 29 Our Viper-Catchers have a Remedy,..in which They do place..great Confidence. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VII. 199 The seeming rashness of one Tozzi, a viper-catcher. 1802 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. III. ii. 465 Viper-headed snake. Coluber Viperinus. 1804 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. V. i. 120 Viper-mouthed Pike. Esox Stomias. 1843 Penny Cycl. XXVI. 349/1 In England these reptiles were caught with a cleft or forked stick, which the viper-catcher drove down immediately behind the head. 1851 G. Borrow Lavengro iv When a person is timid in viper~hunting he had better leave off. 1851 G. Borrow Lavengro iv Besides being a viper-hunter, I am what they call a herbalist. 1904 W. M. Gallichan Fishing & Trav. Spain 102 These viper-haunted spots. 1958 L. Durrell Mountolive xvi. 300 Among the thickets of reed and sedge, in places polished to black or viper-green by the occasional clinging frosts, you could hear the chuckling..of..duck. 1976 Star (Sheffield) 3 Dec. 25/9 (advt.) 1975 (N) VW Passat 1300... Attractively finished in viper green. < as lemmas |
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