单词 | puff-cheeked |
释义 | > as lemmaspuff-cheeked puff-cheeked adj. having puffed cheeks; also figurative. ΚΠ 1550 R. Sherry tr. Erasmus Declam. Chyldren in Treat. Schemes & Tropes sig. Givv Lest he shuld be puffe cheked, wrie necked, [etc.]. 1670 J. A. Comenius Janua Linguarum Trilinguis 65 Those that are ill-formed are..puff-cheeked, blobber-lip'd, snaggle-tooth'd. 1846 Amer. Whig Rev. Mar. 268 Within whose wide And lofty chambers stalketh puff-cheeked Pride. 1874 E. Bulwer-Lytton Fables in Song I. 37 A rumour flutter'd, on that breeze unfurl'd Whose puff-cheek'd Æolus is Public Prate. 1928 Reno (Nevada) Evening Gaz. 28 June 2/2 Alternate lines of puff-cheeked horn players swaying from right to left in waltz rhythm. 1993 Boulevard Spring 199 He..sucks one great puffcheeked mouthful of spirits,..then releases his fat balloon of face with a sneeze burst of spray. < as lemmas |
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