| 单词 | eagle-nosed |
| 释义 | > as lemmaseagle-nosed c. Parasynthetic, as eagle-headed, eagle-nosed, eagle-winged, etc. See also eagle-eyed adj. ΚΠ 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II i. iii. 127 + 1 The Egle-winged pride Of skie-aspiring and ambitious thoughts. 1658 J. Rowland tr. T. Moffett Theater of Insects in Topsell's Hist. Four-footed Beasts (rev. ed.) 939 The mouth forked and Eagle-bill'd. 1675 J. Smith Christian Relig. Appeal ii. 12 The Eagle-wing'd Evangelist. 1793 R. Burns Poems (ed. 2) II. 161 Dangers, eagle-pinioned, bold, Soar around each cliffy hold. 1861 G. W. Thornbury Brit. Artists I. 139 The old eagle-nosed man. 1864 E. B. Pusey Daniel iii. 112 The eagle-winged lion of Daniel. 1920 Iowa Homestead (Des Moines) 19 Feb. 52/2 The eagle-hearted youth went out of the hall. 1989 O. Hijuelos Mambo Kings play Songs of Love 30 One of them was thin and eagle-beaked and carried a satchel of money. 2008 Paisley Daily Express (Nexis) 4 Aug. 4 A striking carving of an eagle-headed Assyrian god. < as lemmas |
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