Slink
[slɪŋk]
解釋/意思:
(a.) To creep away meanly; to steal away; to sneak.
(a.) To miscarry; -- said of female beasts.
(v. t.) To cast prematurely; -- said of female beasts; as, a cow that slinks her calf.
(a.) Produced prematurely; as, a slink calf.
(a.) Thin; lean.
(n.) The young of a beast brought forth prematurely, esp. a calf brought forth before its time.
(n.) A thievish fellow; a sneak.
手打:洛葛仙妮
同義詞及近義詞：
v. n. Sneak, skulk, steal away, slip away, slink away.
坎蒂丝手打
解釋/意思:
v.i. to creep or crawl away as if ashamed: to sneak:—pa.t. and pa.p. slunk.
v.t. to cast prematurely as a calf.—v.i. to miscarry.—n. a calf prematurely born: the flesh of such: a bastard child.—adj. prematurely born: unfit for food: lean starved: mean.—ns. Slink′-butch′er one who kills and dresses for sale the carcasses of diseased animals; Slink′skin the skin of a slink or leather made from it.—adj. Slink′y lean.
錄入:史黛西
例句/造句/用法:
- Why should she slink about as if it were she who had disgraced herself? 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- Why should I slink away without having carried out my commission, and without the payment which was my due? 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- It had been the calling of his life to slink and skulk and dog and waylay, and he knew his calling well. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- His movements were graceful, yet curiously abject, slinking. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- He had a strange furtive pride and slinking singleness. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- Mr Merdle was slinking about the hearthrug, waiting to welcome Mrs Sparkler. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- A man came slinking along, went into the hut, gave a cry as if he had seen a ghost, and legged it as hard as he could run until he was out of sight. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- So secretive and active and anxious the young woman seemed, so reluctant, slinking, the young man. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- They had a peculiar way of doggedly slinking round the corner, as if they were eternally going to the pawnbroker's. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- On, on they came until Kerchak himself slunk stealthily to the very door and peered within. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- Slowly the launch drifted round in a pathetic, clumsy circle, and slunk away to the land, retreating into the dimness. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- Do you think I would leave her alone to face the music while I slunk away? 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- His yellow face turned to a more deadly colour when he saw the Captain, and he slunk back guiltily into the inmost parlour. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- He slunk away with a livid face and two venomous eyes which uttered more threats than his tongue could do. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- So Boucher slunk back again to his house. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
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