单词 | active-limbed |
释义 | > as lemmasactive-limbed C1. Parasynthetic (in sense A. 4), as active-bodied, active-limbed, active-minded. ΚΠ 1647 tr. G. Wishart Hist. Kings Affairs Scotl. under Montrose xii. 102 He call'd for only twenty active bodied men of the Highlanders that were used to hunting, & very good marks-men, and commanded them to check their insolence. 1779 T. Twining Recreat. & Stud. (1882) 74 He is a searching, experimentizing, active-minded man. 1781 J. Kershaw Methodist x. 83 From ancient Scotia's hills and fertile plans, Whose blooming nymphs and active limbed swains, O'er quaking bogs with lightsome vigour run. 1837 W. Whewell Hist. Inductive Sci. I. iii. i. 154 The pleasure which..active-minded men feel in exercising the process of deduction. 1870 W. C. Bryant tr. Homer Iliad I. v. 152 There the active-limbed, Fleet Iris stayed them. 1935 Hammond (Indiana) Times 22 Nov. Hitler is training every active bodied man in the nation in the intricacies of war. 2005 Express (Scottish ed.) (Nexis) 6 June 29 I am one of those people fortunate enough to be active-minded and alert and always drive with care. < as lemmas |
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