| 单词 | fat cat |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfat cat fat cat n. slang (originally and chiefly U.S.) a political backer; also transferred. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > wealth > [noun] > rich or wealthy person rich manOE richOE Divesc1386 richlingc1445 stuffed manc1460 cob1548 wealthling1581 tercel-gentle1597 good liver1602 goldfinch1603 fill-sack1641 dorado1643 wealth-monger1654 a man, etc. of fortune1732 nabob1760 nawab1826 rico1844 abounder1876 high roller1876 fat cat1928 richie1954 wealth-holder1957 jet-setter1959 society > authority > rule or government > politics > party politics > [noun] > party machine > rich political backer fat cat1928 1928 F. R. Kent Polit. Behavior vi. 59 These capitalists have what the organization needs—money to finance the campaign. Such men are known in political circles as ‘Fat Cats’. 1949 Sat. Rev. Lit. (U.S.) 16 Apr. 4 Hollywood celebrities, literary fat cats. 1960 Economist 8 Oct. 157/2 Methods of exhorting [sic] money which..harry so-called ‘fat-cats’—rich supporters—to an extent which looks like cruelty to animals. 1966 New Statesman 21 Jan. 78/3 The kind of balance-sheet fat cats who characterise the worst side of ITV. 1971 Flying Apr. 34/1 Those who view the business jet as a smoke-belching, profit-eating chariot of the fatcat. < as lemmas |
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