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adjective ˈliːənʌɪnˈliəˌnaɪn Of or resembling a lion or lions. （像）狮子的 a handsome, leonine profile 英俊如雄狮的侧影。 Example sentencesExamples - Like the Sphinx of antiquity, I left him standing there staring at my mysterious, leonine face.
- The leonine David Leonard, the prince of dark villains, is celebrating his 15th year in the York Theatre Royal pantomime, fresh from a tour of playing the outrageously nice Richard in Alan Ayckbourn's Joking Apart.
- He had high cheek bones and a leonine head; a well-shaped noble sort of head.
- With his compact body and leonine looks, hair brushed back like a mane, Adam Hendrickson at 19 looks a little like the young Jean Babilee, and even dances with much of the intensity of the great French dancer.
- The other boss is bearded, or leonine, with a protruding tongue.
- Cian lounged casually in the plush dark green chair, his leonine eyes rarely leaving the silent girl that sat opposite him.
- His drawings of mature male warrior types of leonine or dragon-like ferocity are a wonderful case in point.
- In this strange attire he performs a stunning solo full of autumnal pride, leonine prowling and swan-like grace.
- Does that mean he's supposed to be more edgy than his smiling, soft leonine friend?
- Though no one would mistake that for a human face, it was actually imposing in a leonine way.
- Robert Graves, leonine, ascended grandly and delivered hilarious impromptu remarks before declaiming a poem.
- The patient has also found himself returning to Al Green and the leonine roar of Buju Banton.
- Arthur grinned as he envisaged a leonine Uncle Louis growling at Alicia's suitor, then pouncing on him and chasing him out of the house.
- The home team are known as the Lions, but as the first half died, there had been nothing leonine about their performance.
- As the leonine family rejoiced in their reunion, Reid looked down at the drawings on the floor.
- His leonine beard and the red shirt became symbols of valour, integrity, and independence.
- Yet one disruptive crew-member was met at the dock by a wife of leonine stature and all his bravado shrank.
- The others followed more slowly, with Jack lingering for a last look at the leonine face so far below, until Micki prodded him in the back to speed him up.
- Both the horse and the hawk are unruly, the latter swirling its head around instead of waiting in obedient stillness, and the dogs have curiously rounded leonine heads.
- The highlights of the season have been few and far between, but the performance of young players stands out - the fitful and enthusiastic Parker, the promising Martin Maher and, most of all, the leonine Emmanuel Panther.
OriginLate Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin leoninus, from leo, leon- 'lion'. adjectiveˈliːənʌɪnˈliəˌnaɪn 1Relating to any of the popes named Leo, in particular denoting the part of Rome fortified by Leo IV (d.855). Example sentencesExamples - The Leonine revival featured not only the harnessing of Thomas' thought to confront modernism, but as a necessary preparation, the modern editing of his sizeable corpus.
- The Leonine revival of Thomism stressed the primacy of divine over natural law and gave the clerical reconquest of Christian civilization a philosophical rationale.
2Prosody
(of medieval Latin verse) in hexameter or elegiac metre with internal rhyme. - 2.1 (of English verse) with internal rhyme.
plural nounˈliːənʌɪnˈliəˌnaɪn LeoninesProsody OriginLate Middle English: from the name Leo, from Latin leo 'lion'. Leonine (sense 2 of the adjective) may be from the name of a medieval poet, but his identity is not known. adjectiveˈlēəˌnīnˈliəˌnaɪn Of or resembling a lion or lions. （像）狮子的 a handsome, leonine profile 英俊如雄狮的侧影。 Example sentencesExamples - As the leonine family rejoiced in their reunion, Reid looked down at the drawings on the floor.
- The leonine David Leonard, the prince of dark villains, is celebrating his 15th year in the York Theatre Royal pantomime, fresh from a tour of playing the outrageously nice Richard in Alan Ayckbourn's Joking Apart.
- Does that mean he's supposed to be more edgy than his smiling, soft leonine friend?
- The others followed more slowly, with Jack lingering for a last look at the leonine face so far below, until Micki prodded him in the back to speed him up.
- Yet one disruptive crew-member was met at the dock by a wife of leonine stature and all his bravado shrank.
- Like the Sphinx of antiquity, I left him standing there staring at my mysterious, leonine face.
- With his compact body and leonine looks, hair brushed back like a mane, Adam Hendrickson at 19 looks a little like the young Jean Babilee, and even dances with much of the intensity of the great French dancer.
- The other boss is bearded, or leonine, with a protruding tongue.
- Both the horse and the hawk are unruly, the latter swirling its head around instead of waiting in obedient stillness, and the dogs have curiously rounded leonine heads.
- The highlights of the season have been few and far between, but the performance of young players stands out - the fitful and enthusiastic Parker, the promising Martin Maher and, most of all, the leonine Emmanuel Panther.
- His leonine beard and the red shirt became symbols of valour, integrity, and independence.
- Arthur grinned as he envisaged a leonine Uncle Louis growling at Alicia's suitor, then pouncing on him and chasing him out of the house.
- The patient has also found himself returning to Al Green and the leonine roar of Buju Banton.
- In this strange attire he performs a stunning solo full of autumnal pride, leonine prowling and swan-like grace.
- The home team are known as the Lions, but as the first half died, there had been nothing leonine about their performance.
- Though no one would mistake that for a human face, it was actually imposing in a leonine way.
- His drawings of mature male warrior types of leonine or dragon-like ferocity are a wonderful case in point.
- He had high cheek bones and a leonine head; a well-shaped noble sort of head.
- Robert Graves, leonine, ascended grandly and delivered hilarious impromptu remarks before declaiming a poem.
- Cian lounged casually in the plush dark green chair, his leonine eyes rarely leaving the silent girl that sat opposite him.
OriginLate Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin leoninus, from leo, leon- ‘lion’. adjectiveˈliəˌnaɪnˈlēəˌnīn 1Relating to one of the popes named Leo, especially Leo IV and the part of Rome that he fortified. Example sentencesExamples - The Leonine revival of Thomism stressed the primacy of divine over natural law and gave the clerical reconquest of Christian civilization a philosophical rationale.
- The Leonine revival featured not only the harnessing of Thomas' thought to confront modernism, but as a necessary preparation, the modern editing of his sizeable corpus.
2Prosody
(of medieval Latin verse) in hexameter or elegiac meter with internal rhyme. - 2.1 (of English verse) with internal rhyme.
plural nounˈliəˌnaɪnˈlēəˌnīn LeoninesProsody OriginLate Middle English: from the name Leo, from Latin leo ‘lion’. Leonine (sense 2 of the adjective) may be from the name of a medieval poet, but his identity is not known. |