| 单词 | proteus-like |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈProteus-like ˈProteus-like adj. and adv. ΚΠ 1611 I. Jones in T. Corygate Crudities 64–5 To tracke thy steps, who Proteus like dost varie Thy shape to place. 1635 T. Cranley Amanda 35 Thus Proteus-like strange shapes thou ventrest on And changest hue. 1718 Entertainer No. 34. 233 Who it is, that Proteus like has so often shifted his Meaning. 1733 G. Cheyne Eng. Malady ii. viii. 196 In such a Proteus-like Distemper. 1856 R. F. Burton First Footsteps in E. Afr. 232 The Proteus-like malaria poison. 1898 ‘M. Field’ World at Auction i. p. xiii. Proteus-like, the dancer took each figure And shape of rage. 1955 W. J. Bate Achievem. Samuel Johnson ii. 68 He follows the human craving for ‘novelty’ and immediately recognizes it despite its agile, Proteus-like ability to take any form. 2002 Technol. Rev. (Nexis) May 54 These itinerant prototypes are early steps toward Proteus-like machines that adapt to new environments. < as lemmas |
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