单词 | woman-faced |
释义 | > as lemmaswoman-faced woman-faced adj. Π 1591 J. Harington tr. L. Ariosto Orlando Furioso xxxiv. xlvii. 284 And least those woman faced monsters fell, Might after come from out that lothsome ledge,..Gainst the caue, he made a thicke strong hedge. 1610 J. Healey tr. J. L. Vives in tr. St. Augustine Citie of God xviii. xiii. 686 Ausonius..makes her [sc. the Sphinx]..woman-faced. 1844 Boston Med. & Surg. Jrnl. 29 198 The long flowing beards and the woman-faced men have frequently alternated in the different ages of the world; and beards seem now to be coming into favor again. 1998 J. Sturrock in J. DiSalvo et al. Blake, Politics, & Hist. iii. 341 Harpies, the woman-faced, bird-winged monsters who steal and defile food. < as lemmas |
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