单词 | rank-smelling |
释义 | > as lemmasrank-smelling rank-smelling adj. ΚΠ 1591 E. Spenser Muiopotmos in Complaints sig. V2 Ranke smelling Rue, and Cummin good for eyes. 1632 P. Fletcher Joy in Tribulation xxviii. 262 A stinking Fox, a rancke-smelling Dissembler. 1766 R. Andrews tr. Virgil Georgics , in Wks. iv. 114 Rank smelling cent'ry and Cecropian thyme. 1812 J. Galt Agamemnon i. ii, in Tragedies 64 Supplanted in his love, by a vile slave; A coarse, rank-smelling groom; a neighing groom. 1919 ‘K. Mansfield’ Let. 21 Nov. (1951) 401 I remember standing in a rank-smelling field. 1994 C. McCarthy Crossing 425 He woke in the white light of the desert noon and sat up in the ranksmelling blankets. < as lemmas |
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