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单词 watery-eyed
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watery-eyed
C1. In parasynthetic adjectives, as watery-eyed, etc.
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a1522 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid (1960) xii. Prol. l. 110 Sum hevynly culloryt in celestiall gre, Sum watry hewit as the haw wally see.
1568 G. Skeyne Breue Descriptioun Pest v. sig. A7 Vrine..first vaterie colourit thairefter of bilious colour.
1676 E. Coles Eng. Dict. Eyess, a [watery-eyed] hawk brought up under a Kite.
1683 London Gaz. No. 1805/4 A Sorrel Nag,..watery Eyed.
1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison I. 104 I am not afraid of those piping men: Tho' you have compassion for such watry-headed fellows, yet you have only compassion.
1832 T. Carlyle Misc. Ess. (1847) III. 35 Watery-mouthed hangers-on.
1851 Househ. Words 5 Apr. 28/2 This heavy, watery-headed baby.
1854 J. D. Hooker Himalayan Jrnls. II. 351 This is the case with all the Indian watery-juiced climbers, at whatever season they may be cut.
1883 R. W. Dixon Mano iv. xv. 187 Mild Zephyrus..on his watery-coloured pinions flew, And into other regions took his way.
1922 W. B. Tucker Laurentian Tales ii. xiv. 190 These stars of green That lie upon the watery bosomed sheen.
1936 Jefferson (Iowa) Bee 17 Nov. 2/3 It is not a matter of whether she is an American or a Hottentot or a watery blooded heir of a European royal line.
2001 Scotsman (Nexis) 10 July 10 I get that watery-mouthed feeling and I need something sweet.
2007 M. Slouka Visible World v. 27 A watery-eyed old woman with long white hairs on her chin was sitting in a chair at the top of the stairs.
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