| 单词 | henna-fingered |
| 释义 | > as lemmashenna-fingered d. Forming adjectives with the sense ‘having —— dyed with henna, or the reddish-brown colour of henna‘, by combining with a noun + -ed, as in henna-bearded, henna-fingered, henna-haired, henna-tressed, etc. ΚΠ 1860 G. W. Thornbury Turkish Life & Char. II. i. 13 Every moment I expect to see one of those henna-fingered crones who so tormented us, go plump into the turbulent green sea. 1881 Cent. Mag. Nov. 15/1 Narrow streets, veiled women drawing the yasmak close with henna-tipped fingers. 1907 J. F. Fraser Red Russia xi. 137 I come across three [Tartars], robed, henna-bearded, and their fingers long and delicate. 1907 Daily Chron. 31 Dec. 3/1 His American trotting-car and his henna-haired wife. 1939 R. Campbell Flowering Rifle i. 24 Amongst her Modern Southeys, henna-tressed. 1941 J. Agee & W. Evans Let us now praise Famous Men 161 A small pincushion made of pink imitation silk with the bodiced torso of a henna-wigged china doll sprouting from it. 2010 S. Fry Fry Chrons. 79 A bondage-trousered, leather-jacketed, henna-haired youth called Dave Huggins. < as lemmas |
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