| 单词 | breast-deep |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbreast-deep breast-deep adv. and adj. (a) adv. so as to reach or cover the height of the chest; (b) adj. that reaches to or covers the chest. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > vertical extent > extension downwards or depth > [adjective] > of specific depth > in something to specific depth knee-deepc1400 breast-deep1594 lip-deep1780 bowel-deep1828 bone deep1900 1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus v. iii. 178 Set him brest deepe in earth and famish him. View more context for this quotation 1723 A. Ramsay Jenny & Meggy 3 A Pool Breast deep, beneath as clear as Glass. 1822 tr. C. Malte-Brun Universal Geogr. II. xxxv. 328 In the dry season, it [sc. the Helmund] is breast deep where it leaves the mountains. 1958 A. Toynbee East to West vi. 17 The cattle wade out, breast-deep, to crop the tender shoots of the totóra reed. 2011 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 2 Jan. wk7 I..send the horses thundering into the breast-deep snow of the pasture. < as lemmas |
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