单词 | cannibal-like |
释义 | > as lemmasˈcannibal-like ˈcannibal-like adj. and adv. ΚΠ 1606 M. Sutcliffe Exam. & Confut. Scurrilous Treat. xi. 104 The popish absurd Doctrine of the carnal and canibal like eating of Christes flesh. 1642 Declar. Lords & Commons shewing Designe for Cessation of Armes 2 Oct. 3 The famine amongst many of them hath made them unnaturally and Caniball-like eate and feede one upon another. 1706 N. R. Æsop in Europe viii. 13 As if (Canibal like) they wou'd eat one another. 1796 J. Palmer Myster of Black Tower II. vii. 103 Perhaps you would have been destined to satisfy their cannibal-like appetites. 1863 London Society May 476/1 The quantity of half-raw beef that cannibal-like individual devoured was perfectly appalling. 1978 Southern Lit. Jrnl. 10 83 An ancient race of Titans that dispersed into black, barbarous, cannibal-like bands. 1995 Times 4 Mar. (Features section) 5/2 Cars made of junk..which, cannibal-like, devour the used parts of their predecessors. < as lemmas |
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