释义 |
ˈhorn-like, a. Resembling horn or a horn.
1579J. Jones Preserv. Bodie & Soule i. xl. 87 Swordlike, tunlike, hornelike,..and such other. 1684Boyle Porousn. Anim. & Solid Bod. v. 93 This horn-like Silver did dissolve neither. 1835–6Todd Cycl. Anat. I. 314/1 The Hornbills have..upon their enormous beaks horn-like prominences. 1885Pall Mall G. 31 Mar. 4/1 Certain notes, full, hornlike..which no horn or violoncello ever equalled in timbre. |