| 释义 |
tusky, a.|ˈtʌskɪ|
[f. as prec. + -y.]
Characterized by tusks; tusked: chiefly as a poetic epithet of the wild boar.
1620Shelton Quix. ii. xxxiv. 228 The Tuskie Boare was laid along, with many iauelins points. 1697Dryden Virg. Past. x. 89 On Mountain tops to chace the tusky Boar. a1763Shenstone Elegies xx. 61 For them our tusky elephant expires. 1853Kane Grinnell Exp. xx. (1856) 160 That marine pachyderm, the tusky walrus.
b. Having projections like tusks.
1830Galt Lawrie T. vi. x, The banks, ragged and tusky with fallen trees, were in few places accessible. |