单词 | white-glittering |
释义 | > as lemmaswhite-glittering c. Similative, as white-flowing, white-glittering, white-looking, white-shining, white-steaming, white-waving, etc., adjs. ΚΠ 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxxvii. ix. 622 Sudines speaketh of another gem called Astrobolos, and saith it is like unto a fish eye, and casteth forth white glittering raies against the Sunne. 1675 R. Leigh Poems 66 Through those white waving Clouds, that ebb and flow Like the resembling Waves, that roul below, Thou spreadst. 1729 R. Savage Wanderer i. 75 White-glittering ice, chang'd like the topaz, gleams, Reflecting saffron lustre from his beams. 1737 Gentleman's Mag. Feb. 72/1 An ill, white-looking Sort of a Gentleman. 1827 G. Darley Sylvia 5 Beautiful Glen of the white-flowing torrent! 1837 T. Campbell Poet. Wks. (new ed.) 187 Our maidens shall dance with their white-waving arms. 1851 J. G. Whittier Benedicite in National Era 16 Oct. 166/5 God's love—unchanging, pure, and true—The Paraclete white-shining through His peace. ?1870 P. M. Duncan Transformations Insects v. 121 A flabby, flat, and white-looking grub. 1921 R. Graves Pier-glass 26 And a white-steaming mist Obscures desire. a1973 J. R. R. Tolkien Silmarillion (1977) 262 A city white-shining on a distant shore. 2008 Crisis Summer 33/2 As she travels from the North to the South, this White-looking woman stands with her African American father and expresses an authentic American experience. 2010 in G. Doherty Urbanisms of Color 180 The architectural waterworks..are indeed white-flowing, transient symbols of grief that direct one's path to the tomb. 2011 N. Royle Regicide (Electronic ed.) I reached a door with a small window. I looked into a white-shining lab. < as lemmas |
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