| 释义 |
ˈrope-like, adv. and a.
[rope n.1]
a. adv. After the manner of a rope.
b. adj. Resembling a rope.
1840Emerson Woodnotes 1, in Dial Oct. 244 The rope⁓like pine roots crosswise grown Composed the network of his throne. 1849Sk. Nat. Hist., Mammalia III. 144 The left tusk..tapering gradually to a point, with a spiral twist (ropelike) throughout its whole extent. 1867Latham Black & White 118 Parasitic plants and rope-like lianas begin to appear. 1883W. S. Kent Fisheries Bahamas 37 The rope-like bundle of spicules, that in Hyalonema form a simple stalk. |