单词 | navel high |
释义 | > as lemmasnavel high navel high adj. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > vertical extent > [adjective] > specific height nose-high1567 navel high1663 breast-high1679 ankle-high1681 shoulder-high1837 thigh-high1894 1663 A. Wood Life & Times (1891) I. 479 Railed in with a rayl navel high. 1749 J. Cleland Mem. Woman of Pleasure II. 153 He had then little to do, but to unloose the strings of my petticoat, and lift them, together with my shift, navel-high, where he just tuck'd them up loosely girt. 1852 W. N. Brady Kedge Anchor (ed. 6) 73 They [sc. foot ropes] should be long enough when in their place to allow a man to stand navel-high along the boom. 1987 T. Harrison Sel. Poems (ed. 2) 42 And to the woven wrapper worn exactly navel high, All's bare but for ju-jus. < as lemmas |
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