| 释义 |
low-lived, a.|ˈləʊˌlaɪvd|
Also 8–9 -lifed.
[f. low a. + live-, life + -ed2.]
Of persons: Living a low life; vulgar, mean. Hence of actions, expressions, etc.
1760C. Johnston Chrysal (1822) I. 155 She could not think of letting any common low-lived fellow come near her. Ibid. III. 177 How can you take delight in such a low-lived trick? 1766Goldsm. Vic. W. xi, Your Ladyship should except..your own things in the Lady's Magazine. I hope you'll say there's nothing low-lived there? 1781J. Ripley Sel. Orig. Let. 77 The low-lifed fellow who wrote this letter. 1836–48B. D. Walsh Aristoph. 46 note, Aristophanes is..unmerciful upon low-lived, vulgar people. 1882F. A. Kemble Later Life I. 82 An ignoble, low-lived expression occasionally startled..one, on a countenance noble and intellectual. |