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wiredrawn a. 抽成铁丝的,过于拉长的,太琐碎的 抽成铁丝的,过於拉长的,太琐碎的 Wiredraw \Wire"draw`\, v. t. [imp. {Wiredrew}; p. p. {Wiredrawn}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wiredrawing}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To form (a piece of metal) into wire, by drawing it through a hole in a plate of steel. [1913 Webster] 2. Hence, to draw by art or violence. [1913 Webster] My sense has been wiredrawn into blasphemy. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 3. Hence, also, to draw or spin out to great length and tenuity; as, to wiredraw an argument. [1913 Webster] Such twisting, such wiredrawing, was never seen in a court of justice. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 4. (Steam Engine) To pass, or to draw off, (as steam) through narrow ports, or the like, thus reducing its pressure or force by friction. [1913 Webster] 65 Moby Thesaurus words for "wiredrawn":
airy, attenuate, attenuated, boyish, dainty, delicate, diaphanous, diluted, downy, ethereal, filmy, fine, fine-drawn, fine-grained, finespun, flimsy, fluffy, frail, fuzzy, gauzy, girlish, gossamer, gossamery, gracile, insubstantial, lacy, light, misty, papery, pubescent, rare, rarefied, refined, satin, satiny, silky, slender, slenderish, slight, slight-made, slim, slimmish, slinky, small, smooth, subtle, svelte, sylphlike, tenuous, thin, thin-bodied, thin-set, thin-spun, thinnish, threadlike, vague, velutinous, velvety, wasp-waisted, watered, watered-down, watery, weak, willowy, wispy
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