单词 | stern-browed |
释义 | > as lemmasstern-browed C1. Parasynthetic formations, as stern-browed, stern-eyed, stern-faced, stern-featured, stern-gated, stern-lipped, stern-visaged adjs. ΚΠ 1597 M. Drayton Englands Heroicall Epist. f. 23 And we will turne sterne-visag'd Furie backe. 1702 C. Beaumont J. Beaumont's Psyche (new ed.) xvii. xlvi. 261 The bold impetuousness Of stern-fac'd Mamalukes. 1776 W. J. Mickle tr. L. de Camoens Lusiad iii. (1778) 99 The stern-brow'd tyrant roars and tears the ground. 1787 R. Polwhele Eng. Orator ii. 4 A Warrior-Brood Stern-featur'd. 1870 W. C. Bryant tr. Homer Iliad II. xx. 50 Vulcan..Strong and stern-eyed. a1900 S. Crane Great Battles (1901) 206 That curious stern-lipped stupidity. < as lemmas |
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