| 单词 | all-absorbing |
| 释义 | > as lemmasall-absorbing all-absorbing adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [adjective] > of high or great importance worthlyeOE mickleeOE greatc1225 right hand?c1225 solemna1387 materialc1475 superior1526 grand1542 weighty1558 main1581 pregnant1591 pregnate1598 materious1611 moliminous1642 momentous1656 magic1696 all-important1748 big1748 eventful1756 colossal1775 bread and butter1822 bada1825 key1832 all-absorbing1834 earth-moving?1834 earth-shaking1835 earth-shatteringa1859 high-ranking1874 beaucoup1917 major league1951 earth-stopping1956 crucial1957 a1777 F. Fawkes tr. Apollonius Rhodius Argonautics (1780) iv. 251 Safe from Charybdis' gulf the vessel guide; Safe from loud Scylla's all-absorbing tide. 1834 J. S. Mill in Monthly Repos. 8 387 The universal and all-absorbing struggle to be or to appear rich. 1848 A. Brontë Tenant of Wildfell Hall II. xviii. 365 I cannot live here, and be for ever silent on the all-absorbing subject of my thoughts and wishes. 1903 L. F. Anderson Anglo-Saxon Scop 36 Personal valour and prowess on the field of battle, courage.., hardihood.., these were the all-absorbing topics of conversation in the mead-hall. 2002 Times 6 Mar. (T2 section) 6/4 The VIP is lulled into a sense of intimacy by the journalist's all-absorbing interest. < as lemmas |
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