释义 |
indrawn, ppl. a. [in adv. 11 b.] Drawn in. a. as adj., or before n. |ˈɪndrɔːn|. Also fig.
1751Eliza Heywood Betsy Thoughtless IV. 168 He stood undistinguished in the circle..with a kind of an indrawn reserve. 1810Southey Kehama iv. v, She saw the start and shudder, She heard the in-drawn groan. 1856Mrs. Browning Aur. Leigh vi. 627 And then with indrawn steady utterance said. 1959Times 10 Dec. 15/2 The father, quiet and indrawn. 1965New Statesman 27 Aug. 298/2 His [sc. P. Maxwell Davies's] early, very Viennese Piano Pieces..have an indrawn intensity which we can accept as characteristic only in the light of later events. b. as pple., or after n. |ɪnˈdrɔːn|.
1865Swinburne Atalanta 1336 With chin aslant indrawn to a tightening throat. 1878B. Taylor Deukalion ii. v. 91 With sight indrawn he sat, And seemed to listen. |