单词 | ever-crescent |
释义 | > as lemmasever-crescent ever-crescent adj. always growing. ΚΠ 1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis 172 The Organs of the Practique Intellect are to rectifie and regulate the excrescent, supercrescent, and ever-crescent parts. 1828 Morning Chron. 18 Mar. New beauties rise In Nature's ever crescent qualities. 1920 Methodist Rev. Sept. 790 Truth waxes as dogma wanes, and ever crescent life pushes through decadent forms. 2009 R. Orsato Sustainability Strategies vii. 169 The ever-crescent car population can generate another self-inflicted wound on the automotive industry. < as lemmas |
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