释义 |
proprietorialpro‧pri‧e‧to‧ri‧al /prəˌpraɪəˈtɔːriəl/ adjective - Goats chewed the shadows of the rock and gazed with proprietorial sarcasm and planted themselves in my path to watch me hesitate.
- His stare was uncompromising, almost proprietorial.
- However, it is unlikely that such proprietorial power will be exercised without reference to commercial considerations or marketing considerations.
- I walked up Fernhill Rise with a feeling of proprietorial pride.
- In recent years, the evidence for proprietorial interference has become even more weighty.
- It was a lazy, almost careless gesture; only Caroline knew that the pressure of his hand was remorseless and proprietorial.
- One proprietorial hand was laid, light as a priestly blessing, on an old-fashioned microscope in gleaming brass.
- Paula looked every inch a model these days, Arlene thought with a touch of proprietorial pride.
► felt proprietorial She felt proprietorial about the valley. behaving or feeling as if you own something or someoneproprietorial about She felt proprietorial about the valley.—proprietorially adverb |