单词 | supple-limbed |
释义 | > as lemmassupple-limbed supple-limbed adj. ΚΠ 1835 C. J. Latrobe Rambler in N. Amer. I. xvii. 296 The time occupied by the supple-limbed black boys, Proteus and William, in drawing out the long table, laying the cloth, and other preliminary preparations, will not be far short of an hour. 1882 ‘Ouida’ In Maremma I. 205 A large, sinewy, supple-limbed man. 1951 Life 8 Jan. 63/2 In between jobs as grocery boy, embroiderer and newspaper peddler, he turned out hundreds of curvaceous and supple-limbed statues, gradually whittled and chopped his way into the forefront of US sculptors. 2009 A. Rutherford Raiders from North (2010) ii. viii. 132 He had politely watched the antics of jugglers, fire-eaters and supple-limbed acrobats. < as lemmas |
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