| 释义 |
high-crested, a.
Having a high crest (in various senses); in quot. 1618 fig. Carrying the head high; elated; proud.
1618Bolton Florus iv. ix. 307 The miserable overthrow of Crassus made the Parthians higher crested. 1833Browning Pauline 324 A high-crested chief, Sailing with troops of friends to Tenedos. 1861L. L. Noble Icebergs 173 The rolling away of the high-crested seas.
†b. Having a high ridge. [See crest n.1 9.]
[1545R. Ascham Toxoph. (Arb.) 138 A certayne kynde of [arrow] heades whyche men call hie rigged, creased, or shouldred heades [i.e. high-ridged, -crested, or -shouldered]. ]1678Phillips (ed. 4), High-crested [1706 or High-rigged] (A Term in Archery). See Shoulder-head. |