释义 |
ˈfive-ˌfingered, a. [f. five + finger + -ed2.] Having five divisions more or less resembling the fingers of the hand. five-fingered grass = five-finger 1 a. five-fingered root (see quot. 1746).
1562Turner Herbal ii. 110 b, Cinkfoly or fyuefyngred grasse. 1578Lyte Dodoens i. lvi. 83 Cinquefoyle is called..in English..of some..Fiuefingred-grasse. 1746Howell in Phil. Trans. XLIV. 228, I found it to be the Oenanthe aquatica cicutæ facie of Lobel which..is called by the inhabitants [of Pembrokeshire] five-finger'd Root. 1896Westm. Gaz. 8 Feb. 2/1 Uraster rubens, the Five-fingered one. 1910W. B. Yeats Green Helmet 21 An old five-fingered trick to tumble you out of the place. |