单词 | root-pale |
释义 | > as lemmasroot-pale (i) root-bitten, root-pale, root-torn, root-weary, etc. ΚΠ 1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems lxiv. 288 Tall root-torn beeches. 1872 Ld. Tennyson Gareth & Lynette 29 Wan-sallow as the plant that feels itself Root-bitten by white lichen. 1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 554 A narrow, slippery, muddy, root-beset bush-path. 1931 A. Huxley Cicadas 51 Never a tortured flower Shudders, root-weary, on the verge of flight. 1960 S. Plath Colossus 63 Root-pale her meagre frame. 1993 V. Raymond Sel. Poems 86 From root-torn plants, I press a juice without vintage, as harsh as sand. 1996 L. Harris in I. Zahava Feminism 3 78 Freshwater rivers..rise up against root-weary banks and trees, ebb and flow. < as lemmas |
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