单词 | waterfalled |
释义 | > as lemmasˈwaterfalled ˈwaterfalled adj. (a) (of hair) styled in a waterfall (sense A. 7); (of a person) having such hair (now historical); (b) (of landscape, a pool, etc.) featuring a waterfall or waterfalls. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > waterfall > [adjective] waterfalled1865 1865 Harper's Mag. Mar. 527/1 Hair..was double ratted and waterfalled à la mode. 1871 McBride's Mag. Dec. 582/2 Not so unfemininely hideous as a waterfalled, Greek-bending belle of Broadway. 1908 E. Bogg Richmondshire ii. x. 461 The picturesquely wooded and waterfalled ravines. 1976 Shooting Times & Country Mag. 16 Dec. 26/2 The 1,036 acre Wild Life Park at Cricket St Thomas with the waterfalled Bedpool Lakes reposing in the partly wooded valley below. 1986 A. K. Leopold Victorian Splendor vii. 174 Hair retrieved from one's brush..was saved..to augment the sumptuous curled and waterfalled hair styles of the 1880s. 2011 N.Y. Mag. 18 Apr. 50/2 The pastime [sc. steam-bathing] has been thoroughly democratized, led by..Spa Castle..and sleek, waterfalled Great Jones Spa. < as lemmas |
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