单词 | shower-dampened |
释义 | > as lemmasshower-dampened b. Instrumental, as shower-dampened, shower-swollen, etc. ΚΠ 1595 M. Drayton Endimion & Phœbe sig. C4v Ioues showre-begotten Son. 1626 G. Sandys tr. Ovid Metamorphosis vii. 136 Men, if Fame say true, Here at the first from shower-raysed mushrumps [L. pluvialibus..fungis] grew. 1627 T. May tr. Lucan Pharsalia (1631) i. 8 The streame showre-swell'd The marches ore. 1660 R. Stapleton tr. Juvenal Mores Hominum i. 7 Deucalion sail'd the showre-swoln Flood. 1880 Fountain of Light 20 Oct. 41/2 An oak tree let fall An acorn small, Soon it sprouted from the shower-moistened clod. 1946 Billboard 17 Aug. 81/4 Frank Winkley's Automobile and Motorcycle Thrill Show pulled..an excellent night attendance,..despite a shower-drenched stand. 2006 W. C. Staub Final Victim iv. 101 He vigorously rubs a towel over his shower-dampened hair. < as lemmas |
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