单词 | woebegone-sounding |
释义 | > as lemmaswoebegone-sounding Complementary, as woebegone-looking, woebegone-sounding, etc. ΚΠ 1827 W. Webb Minutes Remarks Subj. Picturesque I. 28 The city itself is quite a superior place..to that woe-begone looking place Cologne. 1893 C. M. Stevens Adventures Uncle Jeremiah & Family xviii. 227 A more woe-begone appearing farmer never was seen. 1914 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 4 Jan. 9/2 A dust-begrimed individual in woe-begone appearing knickerbocker suit. 1958 G. Boyington Baa Baa Black Sheep xvi. 157 It was..the most woebegone-looking black sheep anybody ever saw. 2010 J. H. Betts Along came Soldier 63 In a woebegone sounding voice he said, ‘I don't know what your dad is going to say.’ < as lemmas |
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