单词 | deep-green |
释义 | > as lemmasdeep-green C2. deep was also formerly used with adjectives (see 2), and these were (or are by editors) sometimes hyphenated (to make the grammatical construction clear), as deep-naked, deep-sore, deep-sweet: cf. deep contemplative in 2. So still sometimes with adjectives of colour, as ‘ deep-blue sea’, ‘ deep-green grass’: see deep adj. 13b. ΚΠ 1594 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis (new ed.) sig. Dij Eares deep sweet musik, & harts deep sore wounding. a1618 J. Sylvester Tobacco Battered 377 Chaprones..with broad deep-naked Brests. < as lemmas |
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