leonine / ˈli əˌnaɪn /

🎓大学词汇狮子座利昂尼柠檬酸

leonine 的定义

adj. 形容词 adjective
  1. of or relating to the lion: We breathlessly watched the pride, in its leonine majesty, as it moved across the veldt.
  2. resembling or suggestive of a lion: the conductor's wild, leonine hair.
  3. of or relating to Leo, especially Leo IV or Leo XIII.

leonine 近义词

leonine

等同于 eminent

更多leonine例句

  1. He was especially well groomed, whereas Nibbetts was at once leonine, rugged, and nearly shabby.
  2. He was still bearded, still rather leonine, but he was better groomed than in those days in India.
  3. In spite of a lingering unkemptness, he was indeed a fine object to view—massive and leonine.
  4. But the marchioness, standing erect with a leonine boldness, fixed him to his place with a scornful look.
  5. His untrimmed beard, his bent head with its leonine mane of iron-gray hair, lent him an almost patriarchal look.