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单词 mole-like
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mole-likeadj.2

Brit. /ˈməʊllʌɪk/, U.S. /ˈmoʊ(l)ˌlaɪk/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mole n.1, -like suffix.
Etymology: < mole n.1 + -like suffix.
Resembling a mole (mole n.1).
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1839 S. D. Gross Elem. Pathol. Anat. II. ii. xiv. 457 They [sc. hydatids] always occur in association with mole-like concretions, the membranes of a blighted ovum, [etc.].
1872 N.Y. Times 11 Feb. 2/4 It was but a tiny mole-like spot of black velvet or silk, which was used..to enhance, by contrast, the fairness of the cheek.
1876 Trans. Clin. Soc. 9 45 On the arms and hands were several mole-like specks of discoloration.
1904 Med. Chron. 39 416 Teratomata, showing..hydatidiform mole-like structures.
2010 R. A. Norman 100 Questions & Answers Aging Skin iv. 30 Those rough, dark colored plaques that have a ‘stuck-on’, mole-like appearance are called seborrheic keratoses.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

mole-likeadv.adj.1

Brit. /ˈməʊllʌɪk/, U.S. /ˈmoʊ(l)ˌlaɪk/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mole n.3, -like suffix.
Etymology: < mole n.3 + -like suffix.
A. adv.
Like a mole (mole n.3); in the manner of a mole. rare.
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1662 H. Hibbert Syntagma Theologicum 262 They are sharp-sighted abroad..but mole-like blind at home.
1866 R. Leighton Poems 139 Is it lack of brain..That keeps me boring—mole-like in my night—Through erudition.
a1978 M. Bell Recoll. London in Compl. Poems (1988) A brown velvet-textured High crowned sweeping-brimmed Hat..was crawling, mole-like, buffeted In front of the wind.
B. adj.1
Resembling or characteristic of a mole (mole n.3).
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1785 A. Yearsley Poems Several Occasions 57 Support the faint, and tell the lazy-blind, Who, mole-like, never saw, nor ever wish'd it.
1835 D. Webster Orig. Sc. Rhymes 203 When he lifts his mole-like een, With a nochty nose between.
1839 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe IV. v. 417 A purblind mole-like pedantry.
1891 Daily News 18 June 5/8 The blind mole-like marsupial recently discovered in South Australia.
a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. xxi. 687 The marsupial mole (Notoryctes), which should be called the ‘mole-like marsupial’, is a quite extraordinary bundle of peculiarities.
1992 New Yorker 24 Aug. 24/3 Lida, the archaeologist who was guiding our molelike labors.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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