| 释义 |
crook-backed, a.|ˈkrʊkbækt|
[f. prec. + -ed.]
Having a crooked back: hunchbacked.
1477Earl Rivers (Caxton) Dictes C ij a, The said ypocras was of littel stature, grete heded, croke backed. 1513More in Grafton Chron. II. 758 Richard the thirde sonne..was..crooke backed, his left shoulder much higher then his right. 1611Bible Lev. xxi. 20 Or crooke-backt or a dwarfe. 1826Milman A. Boleyn, Landing at Tower, Those poor babes, their crook-back'd uncle murder'd. |
