| 释义 |
shapeful, a.|ˈʃeɪpfʊl|
[f. shape n.1 + -ful.]
†1. Having or taking (any) shape. nonce-use.
1615Chapman Odyss. xvii. 648 The Gods Haue often visited these rich abods..since their pow'rs (Being alwayes [? = all ways] shapefull) glide through Townes and Tow'rs.
2. Shapely.
1621G. Sandys Ovid's Met. iv. (1626) 73 But now in her owne Fountayne bathes her faire And shapefull lims. 1842J. Sterling Ess., etc. (1848) I. 437 The..struggle for power and riches absorbs the energies that would otherwise exert themselves in shapeful melody. 1867G. Macdonald Disciple, etc., Somnium Myst. xi, Their floral speech, Their lovely silences of shapeful lore. |