单词 | waist-deep |
释义 | > as lemmaswaist-deep waist-deep adj. ΘΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > vertical extent > extension downwards or depth > [adjective] > of specific depth deepOE knee-deep1535 ankle-deep1597 waist-deep1763 shoe-deep1773 thigh-deep1851 yard-deep- 1763 L. Scrafton Refl. Govt. Indostan (1770) 117 There was no way of approaching it [sc. the place], but through a morass waist-deep. 1815 W. Scott Lord of Isles v. xiv. 191 The eager knight leap'd in the sea Waist-deep. 1855 Ld. Tennyson Brook in Maud & Other Poems 107 Waist-deep in meadow-sweet. < as lemmas |
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