| 释义 |
simial, a. Now rare.|ˈsɪmɪəl|
[f. Simia + -al1.]
1. Of or pertaining to, consisting of, apes.
1827Fonblanque in Life (1874) 414 Had a Monkey Reviewer..admonished the tribe of the aggregate of loss to the simial stomach. 1828― Eng. under 7 Administr. (1837) I. 150 Somewhere they worship a blue ape, and somewhere they incense another variety of the simial species. 1849H. Miller Footpr. Creat. viii. (1874) 136 The sea-inhabiting progenitors of the simial family. 1864Q. Jrnl. Sci. I. 91 It is quite a Simial characteristic and rarely if ever occurs in Man.
2. Characteristic of apes; ape-like.
1830Marryat King's Own xiii, The builder..skipping with all the simial ecstasy of a Frenchman. 1851D. Jerrold St. Giles xxiv, Vulgar souls who, judging from their simial selves, may doubt the continence of Scipio. |