英语词汇“fire-breather”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

fire-breather n. (a) a mythical person, beast, etc., able to blow a stream of fire from the nose or mouth; (b) (figurative) a person who expresses contentious or critical opinions, esp. in an intimidating fashion; (c) a person who takes fuel in his or her mouth and spits it out over a flame to produce a jet of fire, typically as a form of entertainment (cf. fire-eater n. 1).

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1840 G. Darley Thomas à Becket iii. i. 48 There will be some dragon's blood spilt at all events. Both are such fire-breathers!

1895 Illustr. Amer. 15 June 747/1 Suppose Mr Evarts..had been called ‘a pettifoggin political poltroon’ by some irate Southern Senator..and suppose Mr Evarts had challenged the fire-breather.

c1897 R. H. Savage Hunt in Corea in W. P. Hooper & R. H. Savage Untold Tale 175 Three fire-breathing devils..had attacked the innocent villagers... Two ‘fire-breathers’ had spit poison fire all over the boldest of their pursuers.

1920 W. Allison Turnstile of Night ii. 13 From a small, unglazed window they could have looked down upon a street crowded with Buddhist pilgrims.., ‘fire breathers’, practisers of witchcraft, long-robed men on foot [etc.].

1939 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 31 Mar. 14/1 While Mussolini has been adding to his reputation as a fire-breather, Hitler has been adding territory to the reich.

1985 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 17 Aug. Those fire-breathers of the printed page, when encountered in real life, are generally quiet and retiring sorts.

2004 Metro (Toronto) 22 Dec. 4/3 (caption) The annual lantern-lit carnival blends music with giant puppets, stiltwalkers, firebreathers and general revelry.

2007 New Yorker 4 June 38/2 The true Chinese dragon isn't a fire-breather, she said, but a damp, benevolent presence who makes the crops grow and keeps order in the universe.

单词	fire-breather
释义	> as lemmas fire-breather fire-breather n. (a) a mythical person, beast, etc., able to blow a stream of fire from the nose or mouth; (b) (figurative) a person who expresses contentious or critical opinions, esp. in an intimidating fashion; (c) a person who takes fuel in his or her mouth and spits it out over a flame to produce a jet of fire, typically as a form of entertainment (cf. fire-eater n. 1). ΚΠ 1840 G. Darley Thomas à Becket iii. i. 48 There will be some dragon's blood spilt at all events. Both are such fire-breathers! 1895 Illustr. Amer. 15 June 747/1 Suppose Mr Evarts..had been called ‘a pettifoggin political poltroon’ by some irate Southern Senator..and suppose Mr Evarts had challenged the fire-breather. c1897 R. H. Savage Hunt in Corea in W. P. Hooper & R. H. Savage Untold Tale 175 Three fire-breathing devils..had attacked the innocent villagers... Two ‘fire-breathers’ had spit poison fire all over the boldest of their pursuers. 1920 W. Allison Turnstile of Night ii. 13 From a small, unglazed window they could have looked down upon a street crowded with Buddhist pilgrims.., ‘fire breathers’, practisers of witchcraft, long-robed men on foot [etc.]. 1939 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 31 Mar. 14/1 While Mussolini has been adding to his reputation as a fire-breather, Hitler has been adding territory to the reich. 1985 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 17 Aug. Those fire-breathers of the printed page, when encountered in real life, are generally quiet and retiring sorts. 2004 Metro (Toronto) 22 Dec. 4/3 (caption) The annual lantern-lit carnival blends music with giant puppets, stiltwalkers, firebreathers and general revelry. 2007 New Yorker 4 June 38/2 The true Chinese dragon isn't a fire-breather, she said, but a damp, benevolent presence who makes the crops grow and keeps order in the universe. extracted from firen.int. < as lemmas
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