| 单词 | spare-built |
| 释义 | > as lemmasspare-built C1. Chiefly parasynthetic, as spare-bodied, spare-built, spare-fed adjs. Π a1739 C. Jarvis tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote (1742) I. ii. i. 2 He was of a robust constitution, spare-bodied, of a meagre visage. 1813 W. Scott Rokeby ii. 86 His stately form, spare-built and tall. 1837 J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott IV. v. 157 For ‘early to rise’, unless in the case of spare-fed anchorites, takes for granted ‘early to bed’. 1895 W. C. Scully Kafir Stories 133 Whitson was a sallow-faced, spare-built man of short stature. 1936 ‘M. Innes’ Death at President's Lodging ii. 39 The spare-bodied man that he was. < as lemmas |
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