| 单词 | high-lived |
| 释义 | > as lemmashigh-lived high-lived adj. now rare of or relating to the high life; frequenting high society; (also, esp. of a horse) lively, frisky (cf. high-lifed adj. 2). ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > fashionable society > [adjective] townishc1450 of mode1676 fashionable1712 smart1719 high-lifed1733 social1741 high-lived1757 West Endish1855 Fifth Avenue1858 mundane1904 societified1912 Park Avenue1923 1757 in Catal. Prints: Polit. & Personal Satires (Brit. Mus.) (1877) III. 1180 Several emaciated high liv'd Epicures. 1762 O. Goldsmith Citizen of World II. 30 All pretensions to high life or high-lived company. 1865 Christian Observer Nov. 840 It must not be forgotten that there are two kinds of worldliness—a high-lived worldliness—the worldliness of ambition, and pomp, and grandeur; and a low-lived worldliness. 1909 C. D. Marsh Loco-weed Dis. 11 The first symptom of loco poisoning is often a change in the general condition of the animal. If high-lived the animal becomes somewhat dull. 1920 F. C. Hooker Long Dim Trail xxxii. 283 A dandy horse, alright, but too high-lived for Cavalry work. < as lemmas |
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