单词 | woodsy |
释义 | woodsyadj. Originally and chiefly U.S. Of, pertaining to, characteristic or suggestive of the woods; sylvan. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > wood or assemblage of trees or shrubs > [adjective] wildwooda1122 forestic1650 nemoral1656 forestical1659 forestial1696 woody1721 forestal1827 woodsy1861 forestine1881 1861 J. G. Whittier Cobbler Keezar vi Woodsy and wild and lonesome, The swift stream wound away. 1869 H. B. Stowe Oldtown Folks xxxvii. 485 [We] ran..about the piles of wood..with a joyous satisfaction. How fresh and spicy and woodsy it smelt! 1883 Longman's Mag. II. 78 Their songs have the delicacy and wildness of most woodsey forms. 1900 ‘M. Twain’ Man that corrupted Hadleyburg 367 There was a deep, woodsy stillness everywhere. 1973 Times Lit. Suppl. 27 Apr. 472/5 The merely woodsy setting of the keeper's activities and of his meetings with Connie. 1977 Daily Tel. 9 Apr. 7/3 Scatter them on woodsy bits of the garden. 1981 ‘D. Jordan’ Double Red xxi. 92 The same perfume, a cool tinge of something woodsy. 1985 Dirt Bike Mar. 44/2 Duane Summers powers the XC up a woodsy trail. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1861 |
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