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单词 leonine
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leonine

(liːənaɪn)
adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
Leonine means like a lion, and is used especially to describe men with a lot of hair on their head, or with big beards.
[literary]
...a tall leonine grey-haired man.

leonine in British English

(ˈliːəˌnaɪn)
adjective
of, characteristic of, or resembling a lion
Word origin
C14: from Latin leōnīnus, from leō lion

Leonine in British English

(ˈliːəˌnaɪn)
adjective
1. 
connected with one of the popes called Leo
2.  Leonine City
3. 
of or relating to certain prayers in the Mass prescribed by Pope Leo XIII
noun
4.  Also called: Leonine verse
a. 
a type of medieval hexameter or elegiac verse having internal rhyme
b. 
a type of English verse with internal rhyme

leonine in American English

(ˈliəˌnaɪn)
adjective
of, characteristic of, or like a lion
Word origin
ME < OFr leonin < L leoninus < leo, UNRESOLVED CROSS REF

Examples of 'leonine' in a sentence
leonine

Then one night he thought he saw her enter the crowded hall, the leonine sweep of tawny hair, and his heart missed a beat.
Davis, John Gordon SEIZE THE RECKLESS WIND (2002)
The thick blond hair covered his great leonine head and was long enough to be tied back in a ponytail.
Lunnon-Wood, Mike LET NOT THE DEEP (2002)
A big leonine man with grey-streaked dark hair, his clever face had too many crags and hollows in it to ever be called handsome.
Cathy Kelly JUST BETWEEN US (2002)
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