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词汇 leonine
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leonine1

adjective ˈliːənʌɪnˈliəˌnaɪn
  • Of or resembling a lion or lions.

    (像)狮子的

    a handsome, leonine profile

    英俊如雄狮的侧影。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Like the Sphinx of antiquity, I left him standing there staring at my mysterious, leonine face.
    • The leonine David Leonard, the prince of dark villains, is celebrating his 15th year in the York Theatre Royal pantomime, fresh from a tour of playing the outrageously nice Richard in Alan Ayckbourn's Joking Apart.
    • He had high cheek bones and a leonine head; a well-shaped noble sort of head.
    • With his compact body and leonine looks, hair brushed back like a mane, Adam Hendrickson at 19 looks a little like the young Jean Babilee, and even dances with much of the intensity of the great French dancer.
    • The other boss is bearded, or leonine, with a protruding tongue.
    • Cian lounged casually in the plush dark green chair, his leonine eyes rarely leaving the silent girl that sat opposite him.
    • His drawings of mature male warrior types of leonine or dragon-like ferocity are a wonderful case in point.
    • In this strange attire he performs a stunning solo full of autumnal pride, leonine prowling and swan-like grace.
    • Does that mean he's supposed to be more edgy than his smiling, soft leonine friend?
    • Though no one would mistake that for a human face, it was actually imposing in a leonine way.
    • Robert Graves, leonine, ascended grandly and delivered hilarious impromptu remarks before declaiming a poem.
    • The patient has also found himself returning to Al Green and the leonine roar of Buju Banton.
    • Arthur grinned as he envisaged a leonine Uncle Louis growling at Alicia's suitor, then pouncing on him and chasing him out of the house.
    • The home team are known as the Lions, but as the first half died, there had been nothing leonine about their performance.
    • As the leonine family rejoiced in their reunion, Reid looked down at the drawings on the floor.
    • His leonine beard and the red shirt became symbols of valour, integrity, and independence.
    • Yet one disruptive crew-member was met at the dock by a wife of leonine stature and all his bravado shrank.
    • The others followed more slowly, with Jack lingering for a last look at the leonine face so far below, until Micki prodded him in the back to speed him up.
    • Both the horse and the hawk are unruly, the latter swirling its head around instead of waiting in obedient stillness, and the dogs have curiously rounded leonine heads.
    • The highlights of the season have been few and far between, but the performance of young players stands out - the fitful and enthusiastic Parker, the promising Martin Maher and, most of all, the leonine Emmanuel Panther.
    Synonyms
    catlike

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin leoninus, from leo, leon- 'lion'.

Leonine2

adjectiveˈliːənʌɪnˈliəˌnaɪn
  • 1Relating to any of the popes named Leo, in particular denoting the part of Rome fortified by Leo IV (d.855).

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The Leonine revival featured not only the harnessing of Thomas' thought to confront modernism, but as a necessary preparation, the modern editing of his sizeable corpus.
    • The Leonine revival of Thomism stressed the primacy of divine over natural law and gave the clerical reconquest of Christian civilization a philosophical rationale.
  • 2Prosody
    (of medieval Latin verse) in hexameter or elegiac metre with internal rhyme.

    1. 2.1 (of English verse) with internal rhyme.
plural nounˈliːənʌɪnˈliəˌnaɪn
LeoninesProsody
  • Leonine verse.

Origin

Late Middle English: from the name Leo, from Latin leo 'lion'. Leonine (sense 2 of the adjective) may be from the name of a medieval poet, but his identity is not known.

leonine1

adjectiveˈlēəˌnīnˈliəˌnaɪn
  • Of or resembling a lion or lions.

    (像)狮子的

    a handsome, leonine profile

    英俊如雄狮的侧影。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • As the leonine family rejoiced in their reunion, Reid looked down at the drawings on the floor.
    • The leonine David Leonard, the prince of dark villains, is celebrating his 15th year in the York Theatre Royal pantomime, fresh from a tour of playing the outrageously nice Richard in Alan Ayckbourn's Joking Apart.
    • Does that mean he's supposed to be more edgy than his smiling, soft leonine friend?
    • The others followed more slowly, with Jack lingering for a last look at the leonine face so far below, until Micki prodded him in the back to speed him up.
    • Yet one disruptive crew-member was met at the dock by a wife of leonine stature and all his bravado shrank.
    • Like the Sphinx of antiquity, I left him standing there staring at my mysterious, leonine face.
    • With his compact body and leonine looks, hair brushed back like a mane, Adam Hendrickson at 19 looks a little like the young Jean Babilee, and even dances with much of the intensity of the great French dancer.
    • The other boss is bearded, or leonine, with a protruding tongue.
    • Both the horse and the hawk are unruly, the latter swirling its head around instead of waiting in obedient stillness, and the dogs have curiously rounded leonine heads.
    • The highlights of the season have been few and far between, but the performance of young players stands out - the fitful and enthusiastic Parker, the promising Martin Maher and, most of all, the leonine Emmanuel Panther.
    • His leonine beard and the red shirt became symbols of valour, integrity, and independence.
    • Arthur grinned as he envisaged a leonine Uncle Louis growling at Alicia's suitor, then pouncing on him and chasing him out of the house.
    • The patient has also found himself returning to Al Green and the leonine roar of Buju Banton.
    • In this strange attire he performs a stunning solo full of autumnal pride, leonine prowling and swan-like grace.
    • The home team are known as the Lions, but as the first half died, there had been nothing leonine about their performance.
    • Though no one would mistake that for a human face, it was actually imposing in a leonine way.
    • His drawings of mature male warrior types of leonine or dragon-like ferocity are a wonderful case in point.
    • He had high cheek bones and a leonine head; a well-shaped noble sort of head.
    • Robert Graves, leonine, ascended grandly and delivered hilarious impromptu remarks before declaiming a poem.
    • Cian lounged casually in the plush dark green chair, his leonine eyes rarely leaving the silent girl that sat opposite him.
    Synonyms
    catlike

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin leoninus, from leo, leon- ‘lion’.

Leonine2

adjectiveˈliəˌnaɪnˈlēəˌnīn
  • 1Relating to one of the popes named Leo, especially Leo IV and the part of Rome that he fortified.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The Leonine revival of Thomism stressed the primacy of divine over natural law and gave the clerical reconquest of Christian civilization a philosophical rationale.
    • The Leonine revival featured not only the harnessing of Thomas' thought to confront modernism, but as a necessary preparation, the modern editing of his sizeable corpus.
  • 2Prosody
    (of medieval Latin verse) in hexameter or elegiac meter with internal rhyme.

    1. 2.1 (of English verse) with internal rhyme.
plural nounˈliəˌnaɪnˈlēəˌnīn
LeoninesProsody
  • Leonine verse.

Origin

Late Middle English: from the name Leo, from Latin leo ‘lion’. Leonine (sense 2 of the adjective) may be from the name of a medieval poet, but his identity is not known.

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