单词 | silvery-leaved |
释义 | > as lemmassilvery-leaved b. Parasynthetic or instrumental, as silvery-eyed, silvery-leaved, silvery-lined, silvery-sided, silvery-tongued, etc. ΚΠ 1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. 252 The silvery-eyed, red Sparus..is also a very beautiful fish. 1797 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 461/2 Silvery-leaved iron-wood, a native of Carolina. 1822 S. Clarke Hortus Anglicus II. 196 Geranium Argenteum. Silvery-leaved Crane's Bill. 1864 Ld. Tennyson Islet 20 Over-stream'd and silvery-streak'd With many a rivulet. 1872 H. I. Jenkinson Guide Eng. Lake District 200 The storm was succeeded by masses of silvery-lined clouds. 1885 E. W. Hamilton Diary 29 Jan. (1972) II. 783 The German Ambassador whom Bismarck suspects of being too silvery-tongued over here. < as lemmas |
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