单词 | downward-curved |
释义 | > as lemmasdownward-curved C1. With participles forming adjectives, as downward-bending, downward-curved, downward-directed, downward-looking, downward-pointing, etc. ΚΠ 1595 G. Chapman Ouids Banquet of Sence sig. B2 The downward burning flame, Of her rich hayre did threaten new accesse, Of ventrous Phaeton to scorch the fields. 1615 tr. C. van de Passe Garden of Flowers ii. sig. Dv/1 The downe-warde bendinge leaues are stript with sad purple flames. 1752 M. Browne Sunday Thoughts (new ed.) iii, in Wks. & Rest of Creation 206 See where at length the downward-bending Sun His low, broad Orb of setting Splendours rests. 1820 P. B. Shelley Prometheus Unbound ii. v. 95 Downward-gazing flowers. 1865 G. M. Hopkins Poems (1967) 150 A block of copse Close-rooted in the downward-hollowing fields. 1871 R. Browning Balaustion 84 The downward-dwelling people. 1877 Bull. U.S. Geol. & Geogr. Surv. Territories 3 515 A strong downward-directed spine. 1878 B. Taylor Prince Deukalion iii. i. 97 For him that loves, the downward-stooping moon Still finds a Latmos. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xiv. [Oxen of the Sun] 366 Exterior splendour may be the surface of a downwardtending lutulent reality. 1926 People's Home Jrnl. Feb. 12/1 She..sat down briskly at the sewing-machine,..her fingers deftly guiding Mrs. Horner's checked gingham beneath the downward-stitching needle. 2003 Guardian 4 Dec. (Life section) 7/4 Deinotherium, a creature with downward-curved lower tusks, was also found. 2015 B. W. Ellis Chesapeake Gardening & Landscaping vi. 191/1 Canada lily..bears branched clusters of downward-pointing, widely trumpet-shaped yellow flowers with maroon spots. < as lemmas |
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