| 单词 | fast-goer |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfast-goer fast-goer n. (a) a person, animal, etc., that moves or works quickly; (b) a person who lives in an extravagant, unconventional, or dissipated manner (now rare). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > [noun] > one who or that which moves swiftly goera1586 fast-goera1628 seven-league boots1707 flyer1795 careerer1844 racehorse1854 pacer1878 spinner1881 running mate1891 wind-splitter1893 speedster1927 swiftie1945 fastie1983 a1628 J. Preston Certaine Serm. vpon Humiliation in Saints Qualification (1633) 174 A fast goer stirres up one that is slow. 1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 2nd Ser. 42 [His] great aim..was to be considered as a ‘knowing card’, a ‘fast-goer’. 1868 H. Woodruff & C. J. Foster Trotting Horse Amer. xxx. 253 The little bay mare..was..introduced to the very best society of fast-goers on the Bloomingdale..road. 1885 M. E. Braddon Wyllard's Weird I. vii. 183 ‘In a hunting country, the fast-goers generally get together, don't they?’ ‘In your case, there was some very fast-going, evidently.’ 1990 Guardian (Nexis) 22 Dec. I amaze myself at recalling such (occasionally mutual, too) harmony with the haughty women who hunt over hedges on horses. Fast goers in every way. < as lemmas |
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