| 单词 | supple-kneed |
| 释义 | > as lemmassupple-kneed supple-kneed adj. ΚΠ ?a1656 J. Poole Eng. Parnassus (1657) 68 Camel, Bunchie, towre-backt, bunch-backt, rough, ugly, deformed, supple-kneed, kneeling, crowching. 1762 London Mag. July 388/2 Each supple-kneed sycophant bows. 1849 G. S. Burleigh Maniac 86 But at home oppression's panders, Supple-kneed to base commanders. 1906 London Q. Rev. July 5 Lasserre bent before the storm;..he withdrew the whole edition from circulation... The Italian romance-writer is less supple-kneed. 2008 M. Hofmann tr. F. Wander Seventh Well ix. 113 I could picture him striding through the streets of his little Ukrainian town, with the supple-kneed walk of an experienced rider. < as lemmas |
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