| 单词 | bone-hard |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbone-hard C4. Similative, as bone-grey, bone-hard, etc. Cf. Phrases 2.See also bone-dry adj., bone-white n. and adj. (b) at Compounds 6. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > grey or greyness > [adjective] > light grey walnyedc1440 canvas1486 bone-grey1884 the world > matter > constitution of matter > hardness > [adjective] > very iron-hardOE bone?a1300 adamantinea1382 stony?1523 adamant1535 steel-harda1560 buff-hard1589 steely1596 diamantine1605 steela1607 rocked1610 Brazil1635 adamantean1671 osseousa1682 iron1708 ferreous1774 rock-likea1793 cast iron1886 bone-hard1924 1884 ‘M. Field’ Callirrhoë iii. vi. 108 Ah! I must give a better rendering From Death's old bone-grey parchment. 1924 A. J. Small Frozen Gold i. 23 The bone-hard stamp of starvation. 1959 Listener 19 Mar. 516/3 The bone-hard ground. 1980 Washington Post Mag. (Nexis) 19 Oct. 34 A dying locust [tree] shook off its bark, turned pewter-gray, bone-smooth, granite-hard. 2003 Attitude Jan. 51/1 (advt.) Vig-Rx gives you a bone stiff erection. 2012 J. D. Moore Prehist. of Home ii. 21 We dug through another thick stratum of oyster, removing over 500 kilograms of bone-grey shells. < as lemmas |
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