释义 |
roughish, a.|ˈrʌfɪʃ| [f. rough a. + -ish.] Somewhat rough.
1764Grainger Sugar Cane iii. 227 note, The nut [of the hiccory] whose shell is thick, hard, and roughish. 1796Withering Brit. Pl. (ed. 3) II. 93 Straw 3-cornered, angles acute, roughish. 1813Jane Austen Lett. (1884) II. 202 It is but roughish weather for any one in a tender state. 1850L. Hunt Autobiog. xv. 226 Mr. Wordsworth had a deep, roughish, but not unpleasing voice. 1888‘R. Boldrewood’ Robbery under Arms i, He could..ride a roughish horse too. Comb.1847W. Darlington Amer. Weeds, etc. (1860) 297 Leaves..roughish-puberulent beneath. 1852Gray in Smithsonian Contrib. Knowl. V. vi. 77 Stems..2–3 feet high, roughish-hirsute. 1855Leifchild Cornwall 268 In steps a shrewd, roughish-looking man. |