释义 |
self-ˈseeker [formed after next.] 1. One who seeks his own welfare; one given to self-seeking.
1632Symonds Eccles. Self-seeking 6 No Self-seeker, but faithful for Christ. 1816Scott Old Mort. i, Self-seekers all of them, strivers after wealth, power, and worldly ambition. 1852Tennyson Ode Wellington 187 Self-seekers trampling on the right. 1894Wolseley Marlborough I. 257 William, like most men of the time, was a self-seeker. 2. A push-button device on a radio for automatic tuning to the desired station. Cf. self-seeking ppl. a. (b).
1960News Chron. 22 Apr. 11/3 If the programme displeases you, press the button again and the self-seeker will move on to the next station. |