单词 | winter-starved |
释义 | > as lemmaswinter-starved winter-starved adj. ΚΠ a1586 Sir P. Sidney Apol. Poetrie (1595) sig. K4 Figures and flowers, extreamelie winter-starued. 1658 W. Chamberlayne Loves Victory v. 74 More chearfull then the suns society To winter starved Scythians. a1848 G. F. Ruxton Life in Far West (1849) ii. 57 The pasture for their winter-starved animals. 1911 F. F. Phillips White Isles xxv. 271 A thumping great winter-starved bull moose came and stuck his antlers through the alders on the other side. 2014 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 14 Dec. mb4 A white-footed mouse often meets its end in the talons or the teeth of winter-starved predators like hawks, owls and coyotes. < as lemmas |
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