| 单词 | similar-sounding |
| 释义 | > as lemmassimilar-sounding C2. With present participles, forming adjectives in which similar expresses the complement of the underlying verb, as in similar-looking, similar-sounding, etc. ΚΠ 1846 Bibliotheca Sacra & Theol. Rev. Nov. 740 We may suppose that..the later prophet substituted a similar sounding word for the one found in the passage which he imitated. 1849 Med. Times 15 Sept. 232/2 Sulphurous acid will occasion a similar looking precipitate. 1899 M. Thornhill Haunts Indian Official 253 Possibly Terry mistook for the potato that somewhat similar-tasting root, the ‘yam’. 1955 R. M. Pearl How to know Minerals & Rocks 87 The word chrysocolla..was given to a similar-looking mineral used in olden times to solder gold. 1999 S. Rushdie Ground beneath her Feet (2000) xvi. 490 He taught her Klingon and she taught him Hug-me, or another similar-sounding tongue. 2014 M. Rothblatt Virtually Human x. 300 They had inherited the ability to learn from previous near-toxic experiences to avoid in the future similar-seeming stimuli. < as lemmas |
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