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tallowy

/tal-oh-ee/US // ˈtæl oʊ i //

高大的,高个子,高的,高大上

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : resembling tallow in consistency, color, etc.; fatty: a tallowy mass of moistened powder; tallowy skin.

Examples

  • The skin on his face loosened a little and became a tallowy yellowish-red, somewhat like a winter-killed apple.

  • In the background hovered Winklestein, his little, squeezed-up, tallowy face beaded with perspiration.

  • The latter looked tallowy and nobody took it further than the billet; the pants were woollen, very warm and made in Canada.

  • Nearly all the faces have a certain tallowy aspect,—yellowish in color, with a dull shine upon them.

  • She is so tallowy in face and flesh colour, and her hair so flaming red, that the title might be, "A 'Dip' in the Sea."