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形容詞

swanlike (comparative more swanlike, superlative most swanlike)

1. Similar to a swan or a characteristic of it, especially in elegance or grace.

   a swanlike curve

   • 1924, Herbert Weir Smyth, “I. Introduction”, in Aeschylean Tragedy, page 25:

     Ocean on his bird-horse, horned Io, Harpies that snatch his food from Phineus, snake-haired Gorgons, man-hating Amazons, the Phorcides, swanlike in form, one-eyed and of a single tooth, […]

   • 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 118:

     Bosom full and firm. The nose straight. A swan-like gliding gait.

2. (figuratively) Beautiful like a swan

引用

• 1886, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Faust, Act III, translated by John Anster, p. 174

  Ah ! That to us it may not also be,

  Instead of promised rescue,

  Augury but of Ruin,

  -To us, to us, the swanlike [translating Schwangleichen],

  With long white necks, beautiful as the swan !-

  Ruin to Us and Her, our Queen and Mistress,

  The Daughter of the Swan !

参考

• cygnine

副詞

swanlike (not comparable)

1. In a swanlike way
2. (figuratively) Beautifully like a swan

アナグラム

• Walenski