| 单词 | high-grown |
| 释义 | > as lemmashigh-grown high-grown adj. (a) that has grown high or tall; (b) overgrown with tall vegetation. ΚΠ 1598 J. Marston Scourge of Villanie i. iv. sig. D4 Glad if themselues, as sporting fooles be made, To get the shelter of some high-growne shade. 1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear xviii. 7 Search euery acre in the hie growne field. 1633 T. James Strange Voy. 7 The tenth, all the morning, was very foule weather: and a high-growne Sea. 1725 D. Defoe Tour Great Brit. II. iii. 13 The well-planted Parks, and high grown Woods. 1795 A. B. Cristall Poet. Sketches 134 Bitter remembrance deep pervades his soul, The glistening lake, the high-grown trees he knew. 1899 Harper's Mag. Oct. 663/1 The path lay along a lovely watercourse, overshadowed by high-grown canes and shrubs, through which we pushed a way. 1984 J. A. Phillips Machine Dreams 205 Billy led Danner across the high-grown meadow to the side of the building. 2012 Times of India (Nexis) 15 Oct. Sources said the chief minister would not approve of a park without high-grown plants, and the corporation would have to wait for a few months for the small plants to grow. < as lemmas |
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