单词 | 'downlike |
释义 | > as lemmas'downlike 'downlike adj. ΚΠ 1670 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 5 1152 In the same Box are Pods of a Vegetable, we call Silk-grass, which are full of a kind of most fine down-like Cotton-wool. 1795 W. Lewin Insects Great Brit. 38 Most of the caterpillars are covered with a fine downlike hair. 1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 747/1 The hairs..becoming finer and more down-like as they descend. 1998 Nature 25 June 729/2 These feathers are also vaned and barbed, and down-like feathers are also preserved. < as lemmas |
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