单词 | long-footed |
释义 | long-footedadj.n. That has long feet or (occasionally) a long foot.In quot. 1652 as n. with the: people with long feet as a class. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > extremities > foot > [adjective] > types of long-footed1552 tender-footed1682 flat1697 round-heeled1772 neat-footed1870 cat-footed1883 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Longe foted, compernis. 1605 King James VI & I Whereas One Thomas Percy (single sheet) The said Percy is..well coloured in the face, long footed, small legged. 1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 186 The long footed, are fraudulent; and short footed, sudden. 1773 A. Vieyra Dict. Portuguese & Eng. Langs. I. at Chanca Homem que tem grande chanca, a long-footed man. 1829 Ladies Pocket Mag. i. 213 He was a short, crooked, loquacious, long-jawed, hunch-baked, long-footed..personage. 1838 C. G. F. Gore Woman of World xi. 234 One of the short-faced long-footed Messieurs de Bathe. 1876 E. R. Lankester tr. E. Haeckel Hist. Creation II. ii. 256 The long-footed Semi-apes..constitute the last remnant of that primary branch. 1901 Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. 21 80 It yielded..two long-footed vases. 1977 Jrnl. Animal Ecol. 46 607 Long-tailed, long-eared and long-footed subspecies. 2002 K. Laws Physics & Art of Dance iii. 44 Most long-footed dancers have experienced difficulty when asked to perform rapid vertical jumps. Compounds long-footed potoroo n. [after scientific Latin Potorous longipes, specific name (1980)] a rare rat kangaroo, Potorous longipes, found in parts of south-eastern Australia, which is relatively large with large feet and a long tail. ΚΠ 1980 Canberra Times 2 Aug. 12/7 The scientific name for the big pot is Potorous longipes—or long-footed potoroo. 1995 New Scientist 28 Jan. 34/2 At Woorawong.., Wamsley has had success with brush-tailed bettongs, long-footed potoroos and southern brown bandicoots. 2010 Sci. Amer. (U.K. ed.) Apr. 67/1 The long-footed potoroo subsists on a diet that is about 95 percent truffles. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1552 |
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