| 单词 |
lathery |
| 释义 |
lathery, a.|ˈlæðərɪ, ˈlɑː-| [f. lather n. + -y1.] Consisting of or covered with, or as with, lather. Also of a horse: Covered with foam. Chiefly fig., ‘frothy’, unsubstantial.
1803W. Taylor in Ann. Rev. I. 399 A certain lathery tautology which makes a mouthful of breath into a cisternful of sud. 1819Southey Lett. (1856) III. 150 Having set aside a paper..to substitute a lathery composition of his own. 1880Blackmore M. Anerley I. xvii. 273 Sluicing, and wringing, and rinsing went on, over the bubbled and lathery turf. 1890B. Perry Broughton Ho. xiii. 271 (Funk) The horse was lathery from his ten miles of uphill work. |

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