| 单词 |
tender-footed |
| 释义 |
ˈtender-ˈfooted, a. [f. as prec. + -ed2.] Having tender feet; hence, moving with or as with tender feet; also fig. cautious, timid. Hence ˈtenderˈfootedness.
1682Lond. Gaz. No. 1694/4 Stolen.., an Iron Grey Gelding,..a little tender-footed on the Stones. 1690Ibid. No. 2535/4 A white Stone-horse..tender-footed before. 1854J. W. Grimes in N. Amer. Rev. CXXIII. 189 My friends were tender-footed, and did not wish me to denounce the Nebraska infamy. 1891Cent. Dict., Tenderfootedness. |

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