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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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