单词 | russet-faced |
释义 | > as lemmasrusset-faced a. Parasynthetic, with reference to russet colour, as russet-backed, russet-bearded, russet-faced, russet-haired, russet-pated, russet-roofed, russet-skinned, etc. Also russet-coated adj. ΚΠ 1575 G. Turberville Bk. Faulconrie 65 Those of Sardinia are nothing like the other Hawkes, they are browne, and russet plumed, small Hawkes. 1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream iii. ii. 21 As wilde geese, that the creeping Fouler eye, Or russet pated choughes. 1743 G. Edwards Nat. Hist. Birds I. 31 The Red or Russet-colour'd Wheat-Ear. 1854 G. J. Whyte-Melville Gen. Bounce i Those gaunt, grim, russet-bearded giants that made the despot of the Lower Empire quake upon his throne. 1884 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds (ed. 2) iii. 247 T[urdus] ustulatus... Russet-Backed Thrush. 1897 W. B. Yeats Secret Rose 80 A russet-faced boy..sat..watching the swallows. 1936 M. H. Bradley Five-minute Girl ix. 159 A small girl of eight, hazel-eyed, russet-haired. 1959 R. Sutcliff Lantern Bearers i. 1 Below him he could see the farmstead under the great, bare swell of the downs; the russet-roofed huddle of buildings. 1995 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 13 July 58/3 The leading generals are seen donating gold to pagodas and prostrating themselves before russet-robed..monks. < as lemmas |
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