underproof
/uhn-der-proof/US // ˈʌn dərˈpruf //UK // (ˌʌndəˈpruːf) //
防不胜防,防范不足,不足为奇,不足之处
Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : containing a smaller proportion of alcohol than proof spirit.
Examples
But in some ways he was a kind of Thackeray several degrees underproof—a small-beer Thackeray that was a very excellent creature.
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