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单词 beaky
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Definition of beaky in English:

beaky

adjective ˈbiːkiˈbēkē
informal
  • 1(of a person's nose) resembling a bird's beak; hooked.

    her long beaky nose seemed to quiver
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The lady at the neighbouring table, with wrinkled skin, a beaky nose and bulging eyes, swathed in netted black, cast her withering glance.
    • Not until you saw his face, anyway, with the preemption of a beaky nose and awkwardly sharp jaw.
    • With his big, practically black eyes and his beaky nose, he looks like one of Hieronymus Bosch's nightmare owls in human form.
    • There are rows and rows of them, mostly with the same beaky nose and a well-groomed, cosmopolitan, upper middle class air.
    • With his brightly coloured breeches, beaky nose and piercing eyes, he must have resembled a loquacious and quick-witted parrot.
    • Brandark had found a boulder to use as a heat reflector and slept between it and the fire with only his beaky nose poked out of his blankets.
    • In the glazed portrait of 1987, the mature King's spectacles are disks like small saucers, the nose still courageous and beaky.
    • Aspiring actors, the boys are confident they could make it big in Hollywood - if only they could do something about their crooked teeth, weak chins, beaky noses and acne-pocked skin.
    1. 1.1 (of a person) having a beaky nose.
      a small, determined, beaky man
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Clear eyed, with a smart executive suit and a softly spiked hairstyle, he looks like a well-preserved businessman, a pair of small square glasses emphasising his beaky features.
      • We climbed further where the acolytes of some guru - his beaky, bearded portrait was propped against a wall - endeavoured to enforce a kind of spiritual toll on all who passed.
      • Cornell, a lean, beaky charmer of a boss, would have made an amiable barrister.
      • It's been almost twenty years, I think, since I last saw Josh: a beaky, blinking, owl-faced artist, who lived in a crumbling East Anglian rectory.

Rhymes

cheeky, cliquey, cock-a-leekie, creaky, freaky, Geikie, Kon-Tiki, Leakey, leaky, peaky, reeky, sleeky, sneaky, squeaky, streaky, Thessaloníki, tiki, tzatziki
 
 

Definition of beaky in US English:

beaky

adjectiveˈbēkē
informal
  • 1(of a person's nose) resembling a bird's beak; hooked.

    her long beaky nose seemed to quiver
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Aspiring actors, the boys are confident they could make it big in Hollywood - if only they could do something about their crooked teeth, weak chins, beaky noses and acne-pocked skin.
    • With his brightly coloured breeches, beaky nose and piercing eyes, he must have resembled a loquacious and quick-witted parrot.
    • The lady at the neighbouring table, with wrinkled skin, a beaky nose and bulging eyes, swathed in netted black, cast her withering glance.
    • Brandark had found a boulder to use as a heat reflector and slept between it and the fire with only his beaky nose poked out of his blankets.
    • In the glazed portrait of 1987, the mature King's spectacles are disks like small saucers, the nose still courageous and beaky.
    • Not until you saw his face, anyway, with the preemption of a beaky nose and awkwardly sharp jaw.
    • There are rows and rows of them, mostly with the same beaky nose and a well-groomed, cosmopolitan, upper middle class air.
    • With his big, practically black eyes and his beaky nose, he looks like one of Hieronymus Bosch's nightmare owls in human form.
    1. 1.1 (of a person) having nose resembling a bird's beak.
      a small, determined, beaky man
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Clear eyed, with a smart executive suit and a softly spiked hairstyle, he looks like a well-preserved businessman, a pair of small square glasses emphasising his beaky features.
      • Cornell, a lean, beaky charmer of a boss, would have made an amiable barrister.
      • We climbed further where the acolytes of some guru - his beaky, bearded portrait was propped against a wall - endeavoured to enforce a kind of spiritual toll on all who passed.
      • It's been almost twenty years, I think, since I last saw Josh: a beaky, blinking, owl-faced artist, who lived in a crumbling East Anglian rectory.
 
 
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