单词 | beard trimmer |
释义 | > as lemmasbeard trimmer C2. With participles, agent nouns, and verbal nouns, forming compounds in which beard expresses the object of the underlying verb, as in beard trimmer, etc. ΚΠ 1687 J. Phillips tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote ii. ii. vii. 475 He must not think to concern me in his Beard shaving. 1857 Chambers's Jrnl. 13 June 369/1 Our principal aim is to give some account of the beards of our fathers, for the benefit of the would-be beard-wearers of the rising generation. 1879 Med. & Surg. Rep. 22 Feb. 170/1 A ‘beard cultivating tincture’ consists of common salt dissolved in spirits and water flavored with mace. 1923 Current Opinion Aug. 205/1 Taking your life into your hands to climb an actively eruptive volcano..is one of those hair-raising, beard-singeing parts of ‘the day's work’ reserved for..intrepid journalists. 1986 Campaign 29 Aug. 8/1 The beard trimmer, which allows the user to wear a fashionable ‘designer stubble’ look without having to shave and grow it every three days, is already popular in the US. 2017 Dominion Post (Wellington, N.Z.) (Nexis) 30 Aug. 11 An Auckland man's facial hair will come up against the best in the business when he competes at the world cup of beard-growing next month. < as lemmas |
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