| 单词 | snaky-like |
| 释义 | > as lemmassnaky-like snaky-footed, snaky-haired, snaky-headed, etc., snaky-sparkling adjs.; snaky-like adv. ΚΠ 1591 E. Spenser Ruines of Rome in Complaints 178 Nor swelling streames of that God [Tiber] snakie-paced. 1596 C. Fitzgeffry Sir Francis Drake sig. G2v The snaky-hayred Furies loathsome cell. a1599 E. Spenser Canto Mutabilitie vi. xviii, in Faerie Queene (1609) sig. Hh5 He on her shoulder laid His snaky-wreathed Mace. 1638 F. Junius Painting of Ancients 60 The snaky-headed Furies tearing..and thrusting a hand-full of hissing serpents. 1736 R. Ainsworth Thes. Linguæ Latinæ I. (at cited word) Snaky handed, or snouted (as an elephant), anguimanus. Snaky footed (as the fabulous giants), anguipedes. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. i. iv. 35 May not Murder come; and, with her snaky-sparkling head, illuminate this murk. 1855 E. Smedley et al. Occult Sci. 181 He persuaded that snaky-tailed monster to accompany him. 1871 B. Taylor tr. J. W. von Goethe Faust II. ii. iii. 166 Her smooth braids, snaky-like, intwine. < as lemmas |
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