| 单词 | world-girdling |
| 释义 | > as lemmasworld-girdling world-girdling adj. (cf. globe-girdling adj. at globe n. Compounds 1a.) ΚΠ 1850 Boston Investigator 18 Dec. It is impossible to estimate the changes which the establishment of world-girdling telegraphs would develope within a few years. 1934 A. Woollcott While Rome Burns 93 Twenty such world-girdling tales. 1992 D. Morgan Rising in West iii. xx. 369 She had reason to believe that the Fresno contingent did not approve of her tight skirts, dyed hair, and world-girdling life-style as an airline employee. < as lemmas |
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