| 单词 | a whale of |
| 释义 | > as lemmasa whale of c. figurative phrase a whale on…, having a great capacity or appetite for…, very good at or keen on... a whale of (originally U.S.): ‘no end of’. colloquial. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [adjective] > at something spec. goodeOE great1552 singular1606 hot1845 a whale on1893 smoking1934 tasty1974 the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > strong or eager desire > [phrase] a whale on1893 the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [phrase] not to be the rose but to be near it1818 a whale of1913 a snip of a1932 the best (or greatest, etc.) thing since sliced bread1958 1893 J. H. McCarthy Red Diamonds xxiii He was not, as he put it himself graphically, a whale on geography. 1899 A. Marshall Peter Binney xvi. 326 I should be a whale on parental authority myself if I were in your place. 1913 19th Cent. Sept. 621 [They] had what the Americans call ‘a whale of a good time’. 1921 Chambers's Jrnl. May 308/1 He had come here to have one whale of a time. 1938 G. Heyer Blunt Instrument iii. 45 It doesn't look such a whale of a case to me. 1954 J. B. Priestley Magicians i. 15 An equally dashing, whale-of-a-fellow, R.A.F. type. 1963 N. Marsh Dead Water (1964) i. 22 She's having a whale of a time with Mr. Joyce. 1980 B. Castle Castle Diaries 363 They regaled us with drinks and a superb buffet and we had a whale of a time. < as lemmas |
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