| 单词 | hornlike |
| 释义 | hornlike (once / 214897 pages) adj WORD FAMILY horn: dehorn, horned, horning, hornist, hornless, hornlike, horns, horny+/dehorn: dehorned, dehorning/horny: hornier, horniest, hornily, horniness USAGE EXAMPLESHe takes Hassan’s hand first, strokes the palm with one hornlike fingernail, round and round, round and round. Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner(2003) Her austere piano ballad, with Mr. West’s voice computer-tuned into a melody, gives way to a dirge driven by repeated hornlike notes. New York Times(Jun 16, 2013) The generic name is derived from two Latin words—sal, salt, and cornu, a horn—and conveys the idea of saline plants with hornlike branches. Parsons, Mary Elizabeth, The Wild Flowers of California: The...(2012) adj made of horn (or of a substance resembling horn) Syn corneous, horny hard resisting weight or pressure |
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