carrotishとは 意味・読み方・使い方

形容詞

carrotish (comparative more carrotish, superlative most carrotish)

1. Resembling a carrot.
   • 1909, List of Phanerogams and Vascular Cryptogams Found in the Angmagsalik District on the East Coast of Greenland, page 246:

     The whole plant has a peculiar carrotish taste, leaving a musky umbelliferous taste.

   • 1969, Journal, Lancaster County Historical Society, page 171:

     Both these girls had beautiful brown curls quite in contrast to my carrotish blonde straight hair.

   • 2008, David Liss, The Whiskey Rebels, New York, N.Y.: Random House, →ISBN, page 11:

     His nose was too long and carrotish, his chin too weak, his teeth unhealthy, and his eyes baggy.

同意語

• carroty