| 单词 | terrible-tempered |
| 释义 | > as lemmasterrible-tempered C1. Complementary and parasynthetic, as terrible-looking, terrible-tempered, etc. ΚΠ 1713 C. Shadwell Humours of Army v. 59 I met that Terrible looking Fellow, my Rival just now. 1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho III. iv. 153 A party of the enemy..are coming towards the castle;..all those terrible-looking fellows one used to see at Venice. 1844 tr. F. H. K. de La Motte Fouqué Sintram & Compan. ii. 5/1 Upon the stairs I was met by two strange and terrible-looking people whom I had never seen before. 1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda IV. vii. liv. 109 He seemed to her a terrible-browed angel. 1946 Liberty 1 June 63/3 (advt.) That terrible-tasting stuff he used to make me take was so high-powered that it would just about floor me! 1999 Dallas Morning News (Nexis) 4 Apr. (Sports Day section) 2 b The terrible-tempered Kevin Brown. < as lemmas |
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