| 单词 |
two-legged |
| 释义 |
two-legged, a.|ˈtuːlɛgd, -ˌlɛgɪd|
Having two legs: usually as an epithet suggestive of a human being having the qualities of the animal named. Also fig.
1561B. Googe Palingenius' Zodiac Life i. A vj b, What a sort ther be of twolegd Asses clothed In gold and silke and purple. 1575Gamm. Gurton v. ii, Thy neighbours hens yu takest, and playes the two legged fox. 1693Dryden Juvenal x. 388 Next to the Raven's Age, the Pylian King Was longest liv'd of any two-legg'd thing. 1719De Foe Crusoe (1840) I. xix. 348 A kind of two-legged wolves. 1815Scott Guy M. xlviii, The mate of the two-legged Cerberus. 1858Carlyle Fredk. Gt. v. v. (1872) II. 97 Countries..infested with a new species of predatory two-legged animals: Prussian recruiters. 1930W. K. Hancock Australia i. 28 In the very best wheat country the farmer will keep a flock of sheep, not only to make his economy ‘two-legged’, but also because sheep are an essential agricultural implement. 1976Milton Keynes Express 16 July 39 Whereas last season the winners and runners-up of each section met in the semi finals, the winner and runner-up of the one league will meet in a two-legged final. |
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