| 单词 | ruddy health |
| 释义 | > as lemmasruddy health e. Characterized by or associated with a healthy, rosy complexion; robust. Frequently in ruddy health: ‘rude health’ (cf. rude adj. 7.). ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > skin > complexion > redness > [adjective] > with health rosyc1450 browzy1719 ruddy1727 red-blooded1876 1727 W. Somervile Occas. Poems 49 Pale Sickness shall thy Triumphs own, And ruddy Health exalt her Throne. 1749 J. Cleland Mem. Woman of Pleasure I. 206 His..hale, ruddy, wholesome country look, made him out as pretty a piece of woman's meat as you should see. 1757 S. Boyce Poems 177 Ruddy health bloom'd the face. 1820 J. Keats Lamia i, in Lamia & Other Poems 5 Love, and pleasure, and the ruddy strife Of hearts and lips! 1833 H. Martineau Briery Creek v. 98 The ruddy health attendant on a country life. 1860 J. L. Motley Hist. United Netherlands I. ii. 45 A figure..instinct with ruddy vigorous life. 1916 A. M. Galbraith Personal Hygiene & Physical Training for Women (rev. ed.) ix. 314 English women have a much more vigorous physique and healthy and ruddy appearance than their American sisters. 1968 V. Nabokov King, Queen, Knave xii. 250 Naked, full of ruddy life, various parts of his anatomy leaping, he was giving himself a robust rub-down. 1982 P. Carter Children of Bk. xv. 144 Kaspar the steadfast and the reassuring,..his ruddy, unimaginative presence an antidote to panic. 2005 D. Gabaldon Breath of Snow & Ashes (2006) ii. 74 Mr. Wemyss—fair-haired and slight as his daughter—looked the picture of ruddy health. < as lemmas |
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