| 释义 |
arrowy, a.|ˈærəʊɪ|
[f. arrow + -y.]
1. Consisting of, or abounding in, arrows.
1671Milton P.R. iii. 324 Sharp sleet of arrowy showers. 1791E. Darwin Bot. Gard. i. 11 The arrowy throne of rising Moon. 1810W. Taylor in Month. Mag. XXIX. 210 On the helmet rings the arrowy hail. 1864Ld. Derby Iliad i. 60 On man the last, Was poured the arrowy storm.
2. Like an arrow:
a. in shape or appearance.
1637Heywood Dialogues 301 And thrild their arrowie Javelins after him. 1852T. Ross Humboldt's Trav. II. xxiv. 486 The arrowy branches of the palm-trees. 1877A. B. Edwards Up Nile vi. 151 Clustered cupolas and arrowy minarets.
b. in swift or darting motion; swift as an arrow.
1816Byron Ch. Har. iii. lxxi, By the blue rushing of the arrowy Rhone. 1837Howitt Rur. Life iii. i. (1862) 260 Flew along with arrowy swiftness. 1855Longfellow Hiawatha xx. 72 Homeward shoots the arrowy swallow.
c. in action, effect, etc.; darting, piercing, keen.
1785Cowper Task vi. 782 The lambent homage of his arrowy tongue. a1822Shelley in Casquet Lit. (1877) IV. 363/1 Violets..dart their arrowy odour through the brain. 1824Miss Mitford Village Ser. i. (1863) 63 Rain that comes chilling and arrowy like hail in January. 1861W. F. Collier Hist. Eng. Lit. ix. 234 Sharp arrowy wit. 1868Geo. Eliot F. Holt 59 Arrowy words, each one hitting its mark. |