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单词 long-necked
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long-neckedadj.

Brit. /ˈlɒŋnɛkt/, U.S. /ˈlɔŋˌnɛkt/, /ˈlɑŋˌnɛkt/
Forms: see long adj.1 and necked adj.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: long adj.1, necked adj.
Etymology: < long adj.1 + necked adj.
Having a long neck (in various senses).
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a1529 J. Skelton Why come ye nat to Courte (?1545) sig. B.vii He rebukes them and rayles..Thou peuysshe pye pecked Thou losell longe necked.
?1606 M. Drayton Man in Moone in Poemes sig. H4 The long neckd Heron there waching by the brim.
1689 London Gaz. No. 2422/4 A slender Horse, 5 years old,..long neck'd, thick jaw'd.
1707 tr. P. Le Lorrain de Vallemont Curiosities in Husbandry & Gardening 337 A long-neck'd Vial, like a Matrass.
1724 P. Miller Gardeners & Florists Dict. II. sig. D8v The long necked Narcissus. This Plant is called Daffodil or Camels-Neck, because of its long Stalk.
1835 J. W. Carlyle Let. Aug. in Lett. & Mem. (1883) I. 27 The thing goes off with small damage to even a long-necked purse.
1854 A. Adams et al. Man. Nat. Hist. 69 Long-necked Tortoises (Chelydidæ).
1890 Daily News 27 Sept. 2/1 The long-necked will rejoice to learn that collars are higher than ever.
1930 W. M. Mann Wild Animals in & out of Zoo xxi. 274 The long-necked feature is common to several South American turtles.
1980 N. Sorrell & R. Narayan Indian Music in Performance ii. 48 The sitar, surbahar and tambura are all long-necked lutes.
2005 New Yorker 6 June 79/2 Cigarette smoke whitely filled the long-necked soda bottles into which everyone persisted in dropping butts.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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