单词 | red-cheeked |
释义 | red-cheekedadj. Having or characterized by having red cheeks. Also in extended use, esp. of an apple. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > skin > complexion > redness > [adjective] redOE ruddya1300 red-faced1579 cherry-cheeked1586 rose-cheeked1593 red-cheeked1602 murrey1623 florid1650 sanguine1684 sanguine-complexioned1692 apple-faced1781 apple-cheeked1827 pippin-faced1836 lobsterish1914 1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge v. iv. sig. K Red cheekt Bacchus. 1611 W. Barksted Hiren sig. Cv The red-cheek't morning opens now her gate. 1664 J. Beale in J. Evelyn Pomona in Sylva 26 Red-cheek'd and Red-strak'd Musts of several kinds. 1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd ii. iv. 33 Red cheeked you completely ripe appear. 1764 G. Edwards Gleanings Nat. Hist. III. 258 The Red-cheeked Wood-pecker. 1786 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 160 She gies the Herd a pickle nits, An' twa red cheeket apples. 1837 Burton's Gentleman's Mag. July 5/1 The English cockneys rush from their Babylonian metropolis..with their fat and red-cheeked wives and sweethearts. 1872 ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch II. iv. xxxvii. 254 Pratt, a red-cheeked man. 1923 E. O'Neill Anna Christie i. 7 He is a boyish, red-cheeked, rather good-looking young fellow of twenty or so. 2008 Australian (Nexis) 6 Feb. (Sport section) 18 Why was he telling us this at Melbourne's Queen Victoria Market, surrounded by red-cheeked apples and plump avocados and organic bananas? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1602 |
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