| 单词 | pig-backed |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspig-backed 1. adj. Provided with a back, having a back, background, or backing; used particularly in compounds, e.g. broad-backed, pig-backed. Cf. hog-backed adj. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > trunk > back > [adjective] > having backed1398 the world > space > relative position > position at the back > [adjective] > having (spec. kind of) back part backed1530 rough-backed1828 in-backed1833 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) xii. xiii. 422 Scabbyd horses and sore backyd. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 442/2 This sworde is well backed. 1603 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iii. ii. 368 T'is back't like a weasell. 1670 G. Havers tr. G. Leti Il Cardinalismo di Santa Chiesa i. iii. 78 Upon a back'd chair. 1716 London Gaz. No. 5395/4 One gray Nagg..somewhat Pigg-backed. 1863 C. Kingsley Water-babies ii. 48 Whitebeam with its great silver-backed leaves. pig-backed ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > trunk > back > [adjective] > types of straight-backed14.. lute-backed1601 hog-backed1611 broad-backed1651 pig-backed1716 humpbacked1762 mackerel-backed1785 1716 London Gaz. No. 5395/4 One gray Nagg..somewhat Pigg-backed. 1841 C. Otway Sketches in Erris & Tyrawly 340 Vulgar, pig-backed ranges of the north Erris mountains. 1880 Daily News 17 Sept. 16/2 The latter animal [sc. a goat] is slightly pig-backed. < as lemmas |
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