请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 gamp-like
释义

Gamp-likeadj.

Brit. /ˈɡamplʌɪk/, U.S. /ˈɡæmpˌlaɪk/
Forms: also (in sense 2) with lower-case initial.
Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Gamp , -like suffix.
Etymology: < the name of Mrs. Sarah Gamp (see Gamp n.) + -like suffix. Compare slightly later Gampish adj.
1. Resembling or reminiscent of Mrs. Gamp in speech, demeanour, etc.; = Gampish adj. Also more fully Mrs. Gamp-like. Cf. Gamp n. 1.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > lack of beauty > [adjective] > coarse or rough
rudec1440
crabbed1603
rougha1616
undeliciousa1618
strong1713
coarsishc1817
Gamp-like1844
1844 Examiner 28 Sept. 613/1 This is very pleasant: nor less so for the Mrs Gamp-like composition of the which I believe, &c.
1860 Living Age Apr. 122/1 Decent, motherly bodies, perfectly distinct from the Gamplike, tearful, umbrella-bearing snufflers who so generally preponderate.
1869 P. H. Fitzgerald Autobiogr. of Small Boy iv. 38 It always seemed to me that the worst part of the whole was her first dripping embrace, and after that, her Gamp-like words of encouragement.
1907 B. von Hutten Halo xii. 186 In answer to Brigit's knock a Gamp-like person..appeared.
2000 Financial Times (Electronic ed.) 24 Feb. 11 There must have been a lot of Gamp-like scurrying around the insurance industry this week.
2. Of an umbrella: resembling that of Mrs. Gamp; esp. untidy, bulging; = Gampish adj. 2. Cf. Gamp n. 2. Now rare.
ΚΠ
1857 Ladies' Treasury 1 May 66/2 A young girl issued from a dingy house in Arundel Street, Strand, armed with a Mrs. Gamp-like umbrella.
1877 C. W. Wood Through Holland viii. 201 A small flock of people..are wending their way, including three priests with long robes and Gamp-like umbrellas.
1896 M. Anderson Few Memories xvi. 243 He held a Gamp-like umbrella, and opened it to keep the sunlight from his eyes.
1908 R. J. Farrer In Old Ceylon vi. 89 My servant, whose bulging gamp-like umbrella is his staff of office.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
<
adj.1844
随便看

 

英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/12/22 21:20:43