| 单词 | lightly built |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslightly built Combining (in various senses) with adjectives and participles to form adjectives, as in lightly armed, lightly built, lightly fried, etc. ΚΠ a1500 Let. Alexander l. 153 in Mediaeval Stud. (1979) 41 123 (MED) I sent cc knyghtis, lightly armed swymmers of the Macedoynes, to swymme þe compas aboute. 1687 London Gaz. No. 2274/4 Lost..a dark grey Gelding..lightly handled. 1798 W. Sotheby tr. C. M. Wieland Oberon iii. xviii. 76 And clasp'd her lightly-shaded breast beneath. 1863 T. Woolner My Beautiful Lady 39 Her beauty walks in happier grace Than lightly-moving fawns. 1883 A. Thomas Mod. Housewife 53 Butter a flat dish and put a layer of lightly-fried bread-crumbs. 1968 I. W. Cornwall Prehistoric Animals & their Hunters vi. 131 The cheetah is a long-legged, lightly-built larger cat. 2018 Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Nexis) 20 July 7 Knead the dough on a lightly-floured surface for five minutes. < as lemmas |
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