| 单词 | alarming-looking |
| 释义 | > as lemmasalarming-looking Complementary, as alarming-looking, alarming-sounding, etc. ΚΠ 1823 B. H. Hofland Integrity x. 158 This Colonel Mortimer did eye Emily with no common interest, and is rather an alarming looking rival. 1877 S. H. Kent Within Arctic Circle I. viii. 207 We underwent some heart-throbs before we got safely past an alarming looking bull. 1918 J. Sully My Life & Friends iii. 73 Alarming-looking quotations from Mill's writings. 1926 Observer 12 Dec. 26/5 At Barnet you aim for rather alarming-sounding places like Palmer's Green. 1997 N.Y. Times 29 Jan. c4 There was no resistance to the alarming-sounding idea from among the trust's 10,000 conservation-minded members. 2004 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 4 Sept. vi. 54 While the economy is always evolving, every generation or so some technological innovation will spark a temporary, but alarming-seeming, acceleration. < as lemmas |
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