单词 | roughly-built |
释义 | > as lemmasroughly-built Modifying past participles in adjectives, as roughly-built, roughly-drawn, roughly-finished, etc. ΚΠ 1803 Monthly Mag. Sept. 190/2 It was a roughly-finished implement, but promises..to be improved into a valuable tool. 1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. IV. l. 546 Roughly-powdered camphor. 1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. II. ix. 95 Rude, roughly-nurtured men. 1913 N.Y. Times 25 May c5/6 ‘I will never touch another drop of drink as long as I live,’ declared a burly, roughly-clad laborer. 1923 J. Hornell Indian Boat Designs 142 The Arab sambuk, a roughly built two-masted decked coaster. 1955 J. Boswell Dim Horizons 45 Small paddocks were fenced, first the crude ‘dog-leg’ of roughly-split light posts..and later barbed wire. 1973 Oxf. Univ. Gaz. 103 Suppl. 5 17 Purchased:..an amphoriskos decorated with roughly drawn animals and birds. 1975 Britannia 6 74 A roughly-made, semicircular stone furnace. 2002 Hotdog Feb. 43/2 Sean Penn's better half isn't looking quite her best as a roughly-hewn barmaid. < as lemmas |
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