| 单词 |
Roman-nosed |
| 释义 |
ˈRoman-nosed, a. [See Roman a.1 4 c.] Having a Roman nose. Hence ˈRoman-nosedness (nonce).
1832Lytton E. Aram ii. v, Fate had resolved to bait his Roman-nosed horse and refresh himself. 1848Thackeray Van. Fair i, Biting her lips and throwing up her venerable and Roman-nosed head. 1912J. S. Huxley Individual in Animal Kingdom iii. 80 In all Metazoa there is, before and during the sexual process, a shuffling and recombination of the chromosomes of the nucleus—those bodies which taken together appear to determine the characteristics of the offspring, or at least those which mark off from others of the same species,—whether it shall be tall or short, fair or dark, chubby or lanky, tip-tilted or Roman-nosed. 1912D. H. Lawrence Let. 24 Dec. (1932) 87 If it's destined to have a snub nose, it's sheer waste of time to harass the poor brat into Roman-nosedness. |
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