释义
straight-backed or straight-back [ streyt -bakt ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈstreɪtˌbækt / PHONETIC RESPELLING
adjective having a straight, usually high, back: a straight-backed chair.
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Example sentences from the Web for straight-backed Monna Brigida was asleep at this moment, in a straight-backed arm-chair, a couple of yards off.
Straight-backed , stiff-legged, thick-necked, square-headed—and that ridiculously baleful eye!
Bransford of Rainbow Range | Eugene Manlove Rhodes
"'Tisn't so easy switching with a straight-backed tender," said his little friend of the round-house, bustling by at a trot.
The Day's Work, Volume 1 | Rudyard Kipling
It was winter, and Farmer Perryman and I were seated in straight-backed arm-chairs on either side of his kitchen fire.
Mad Shepherds | L. P. Jacks
Stalwart, straight-backed Americans, warmly clothed and well fed, stand out like solid shapes among shadows.
The New Germany | George Young
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