| 单词 | stickler-like |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈstickler-like ˈstickler-like adv. and adj. †(a) adv. in a manner reminiscent of a moderator or umpire (obsolete); (b) adj. resembling or characteristic of a stickler (sense 3). ΚΠ 1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida v. ix. 18 The dragon wing of night orespreds the earth, And stickler-like the armies separates. View more context for this quotation 1999 A. Lycett Rudyard Kipling xiii. 344 The owner, a stickler-like stockbroker called Alexander Scrimgeour. 2008 R. Mudd Place To Be 249 Walter Cronkite, our anchor, whose sticklerlike devotion to unadorned hard news kept us in his thrall. < as lemmas |
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