单词 | downcrier |
释义 | > as lemmasdownˈcrier downˈcrier n. now rare ΚΠ 1878 W. Besant & J. Rice Monks Thelema i, in World 2 Jan. 17/1 Downcriers, enviers, and backbiters. 1894 Critic (N.Y.) 25 Aug. 127/1 Instinctively the people..turn with disgust from the pessimist and the mournful downcrier of what he dares not even try to imitate. 1944 A. C. Leão A Educação para o Após Guerra 75 The good citizen is not a discontented critic, the self-seeking mouthpiece of public men, the down-crier of institutions, of difficult undertakings. < as lemmas |
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