单词 | city knight |
释义 | > as lemmascity knight city knight n. ΚΠ 1647 A. Brewer Countrie Girle sig. H3v I have heard of such a one—a knight, A Citty knight. 1701 D. Defoe True-born Englishman i. 25 Innumerable City-Knights we know. 1820 C. A. Eaton Rome, in 19th Cent. II. xlii. 228 To make the archangel a saint..seems an honour..as superfluous as to dub a duke or an archduke a city knight. 1996 J. M. Todd Secret Life A. Behn (1997) xxv. 357 Characterised by the conventions of Tory plays, the old City knights are frequently impotent. < as lemmas |
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