| 释义 |
ˈcourtlike, court-like, a.
[f. as prec. + -like.]
After the style or manner of the Court; courtly, elegant, polite.
1552in Huloet. 1576Fleming Panopl. Epist. 215 Abandoning all courtlike statelynesse. 1587― Contn. Holinshed III. 1308/1 Of all the bishops in the land he was accounted the courtlikest and the best courtier. 1605Camden Rem. (1636) 28, I think that our English tongue is..as Courtlike as the French. 1681Otway Soldier's Fort. i. i, Very Court-like, civil quaint and new. 1837Lytton E. Maltrav. 50 Her wit was keen and court-like. 1866Daily Tel. 3 Feb. 5/4 In the words of a fashionable and courtlike journal.
b. Resembling a court; see court n.1 2.
c1630Risdon Surv. Devon §314 (1810) 326 This ancient court-like house..is seated near a navigable river. |