| 单词 | hearth-fellow |
| 释义 | > as lemmashearth-fellow hearth-fellow n. [compare Old English heorþgenēat retainer, lit. ‘hearth-companion’] now rare a person who associates with others beside a hearth; also figurative. ΚΠ 1871 J. Morley Some Greek Conception in Crit. Misc. 340 It is the union of those who are called by Charondas, fellow-eaters, and by Epimenides the Cretan, hearth-fellows. 1895 W. Morris & A. J. Wyatt tr. Tale of Beowulf 110 For the fall of their lord, e'en they his hearth-fellows [Old English heorðgeneatas]. 1913 Metrop. Mag. July 27/2 His own pain lay numb, a thing to be realized when he sat in the train, and still more intimately known when he had it for bed- and hearth-fellow in his dreary little house. < as lemmas |
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