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单词 fine-witted
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fine-witted
a. Parasynthetic, as fine-skinned, fine-threaded, fine-witted, etc.
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1540 J. Wallop Let. 5 July in State Papers Henry VIII (1849) VIII. v. 379 These thinges theye gathered of suche brewtes as they had hard of the said Prevey Seal, before knowing hym to be fyne witted.
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) iii. iv. sig. Kk4 My fine-witted wench Artesia.
1630 M. Drayton Noahs Floud in Muses Elizium 97 The fine-furd Ermin.
1631 B. Jonson Staple of Newes i. ii. 69 in Wks. II A fine pac'd gentleman.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. vi. 118/2 A Grafting Knife, and a fine pointed Pen-Knife.
1701 London Gaz. No. 3748/4 A black Gelding..fine Skin'd.
1751 R. Paltock Life Peter Wilkins I. xxix. 285 A very fine feathered Creature.
1833 J. F. W. Herschel Astronomy ii. 84 A fine-threaded screw.
1849 J. H. Parker Introd. Study Gothic Archit. ii. 45 Fine jointed masonry.
1920 S. Lewis Main St. iii. 21 A black haired, fine skinned girl whose pumps rested on an immaculate horsehide bag.
1940 G. H. J. Adlam & L. S. Price Higher School Certificate Inorg. Chem. (ed. 2) xiii. 83 By enclosing the mercury in a fine-meshed bag and hanging it in silver nitrate solution, a silver ‘tree’ is formed.
2009 P. Glennie & N. Thrift Shaping Day ix. 346 The last fine adjustment of its position was carried out by means of a fine threaded side-screw.
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