Downy
['daʊnɪ] or ['daʊni]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) covered with fine soft hairs or down; 'downy milkweed seeds' .
(adj.) like down or as soft as down .
埃德温娜手打--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Covered with down, or with pubescence or soft hairs.
(a.) Made of, or resembling, down. Hence, figuratively: Soft; placid; soothing; quiet.
(a.) Cunning; wary.
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例句/造句/用法:
- Although the cotton is now a white, soft, clean, downy sheet, still the fibres cross each other in every direction, and they require to be straightened and laid parallel before the spinning. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- Oh, you're a downy fellow, Steerforth, so you are, and I'm another, ain't I? 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- The tree is distinguished by the great thickness and sponginess of its bark, and by the leaves being evergreen, oblong, somewhat oval, downy underneath, and waved. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Her face was round and rosy, with a healthful downy softness, suggestive of a ripe peach. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- Mr. Wilson's mind was one of those that may not unaptly be represented by a bale of cotton,--downy, soft, benevolently fuzzy and confused. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- And he's the downiest one of the lot! 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
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