单词 | wide-bellied |
释义 | > as lemmaswide-bellied wide-bellied adj. ΚΠ 1594 J. Stockwood tr. L. Daneau Fruitfull Comm. Twelue Small Prophets (Jonah i. 17) 181 The kinde of Whales, who are of so huge a greatnes, and so wide bellied [L. tam capacis ventris], that they can swallow downe whole men. 1807 tr. A. von Kotzebue Subterraneous Passage in Pastor's Daughter (ed. 2) III. i. 26 He was scarcely able to drag his short bulky legs, after his wide bellied body. 1921 W. de la Mare Veil & Other Poems 6 Dipped the wide-bellied boat. 1980 Jrnl. Royal Soc. Med. 73 7 A wide-bellied, ungainly but functional ambulance. 2009 Herald Sun (Austral.) (Nexis) 16 Aug. 22 We clamber across wide-bellied boats being hand-loaded with sacks of garlic and apples. < as lemmas |
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