释义 |
Vesuvius|vɪˈsjuːvɪəs, vɪˈsuː-| [The name of an active volcano on the Bay of Naples in Italy.] A great explosion of emotion; something or someone liable to sudden outbursts.
1845Poe in Broadway Jrnl. 6 Sept. 136/2 The poetical and critical world of England were, about six years ago, violently agitated (in spots) by the eruption of ‘Festus’, a vesuvius-cone at least—if not an..ætna. 1886G. Meredith Let. 9 June (1970) II. 815, I confess that a faint form of decent excuse for your conduct..would have partly appeased my natural indignation. I put it by among other things for the Day of my Vesuvius. 1929D. H. Lawrence Pansies 130 The women are like little volcanoes... It is rather agitating, sleeping with a little Vesuvius. |