| 单词 | a bit rich |
| 释义 | > as lemmasa bit rich c. colloquial. Highly entertaining or amusing; preposterous, outrageous (esp. in a bit rich). Frequently in that's rich!: expressing ironic amusement or indignation at something. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [adjective] > comical > intensely delicious1642 rich1675 killing1844 hysterically funny1889 hilarious1925 laugh-out-loud1970 the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > absurdity, incongruity > [adjective] impertinenta1425 royeta1522 absurd1531 preposterous1533 ridiculous1533 deaf?1541 monstrous?1549 fabulous1561 fanatical1598 fantastical1600 laughable1600 fantasticc1616 nonsense1621 arsy-versy1628 absonous1642 nonsensical1645 ridicule?1669 fancical1671 grotesque1747 rich1836 saugrenu1876 laughsome1884 cockeyed1894 hilarious1925 Rube Goldberg1928 whimsy-whamsy1931 Rube Goldbergian1933 cockamamie1941 fantasticated1960 fanciful- 1675 Duke of Buckingham Rehearsal (ed. 3) i. 6 This is one of the richest Stories, Mr. Bayes, that ever I heard of. 1761 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy IV. vii. 89 O Garrick! what a rich scene of this would thy exquisite powers make! 1836 A. W. Fonblanque Eng. under Seven Admin. (1837) III. 313 This is marvellously rich. Sir O. Mosley thinking work on the Sabbath a sin, compounds for obliging servants to commit it. 1863 C. C. Clarke Shakespeare-characters iv. 97 But what a rich set of fellows those ‘mechanicals’ are! 1889 L. B. Walford Stiff-necked Generation xxix. 345 If it really is so, it would be the richest thing I ever knew in my life. 1906 G. Bonner Rich Men's Children iv. 52 Cora giggled and threw across the hall..a delighted murmur of, ‘Oh, say, ain't he just the richest thing?’ 1936 N. Coward To-night at 8.30 II. 40 Me, grumble! I like that, I'm sure. That's rich, that is. 1977 J. Anderson Appearance of Evil i. 6 ‘You have experienced a spontaneous demonstration of disapproval..at your last recital.’ ‘Spontaneous! That's rich.’ 1996 Minx Nov. 139/3 We were classed as a ‘security risk’, which was a bit rich, considering we'd handed ourselves in. < as lemmas |
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