| 单词 | dough-brained |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdough-brained b. Similative, forming adjectives with the sense ‘resembling or reminiscent of dough in colour or consistency’, esp. with reference to paleness of complexion or slowness of intellect, as dough-skinned, dough-brained, etc. ΚΠ 1835 D. Crockett Life Martin Van Buren 64 One of the most dexterous delusions ever played off upon a simple, dough-headed people. 1899 London Q. Rev. July 143 The dwarfed, attenuated, dough-complexioned specimens of humanity one sees in the East end of London. 1908 H. Begbie Closed Doors 42 Her flesh was puffy and dough-coloured. 1984 Washington Post 15 Apr. k1/3 Six drawn, dough-skinned, desperate men and women. 2007 Courier Mail (Queensland, Austral.) (Nexis) 10 Nov. 26 Grabeel is anything but the dough-brained kid he plays. < as lemmas |
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