| 单词 | a glutton of books |
| 释义 | > as lemmasa glutton of books a. One who is inordinately fond of some specified object or pursuit, esp. a glutton of books, after Latin helluo librorum. Also const. for. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > tenderness > foolish affection, excessive love or fondness > [noun] > one showing excessive fondness doter1552 dotard1601 gluttona1704 a1704 T. Brown Satyr upon French King in Wks. (1707) I. i. 91 Since 'tis no Sin of Books to be a Glutton, I truck'd St. Austin for a Leg of Mutton. 1706 G. Granville Brit. Enchanters i. i. 4 Foes alike to Good, Gluttons in Murder, wanton to destroy. a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. iii. 411 We talk of a thirst of knowledge, a glutton of books. 1860 G. P. Marsh Lect. Eng. Lang. xxi. 464 The elder Pliny..the most voracious literary glutton of ancient times. 1898 R. Kipling Day's Work 221 He's honest, and a glutton for work. 1971 C. Egleton Last Post for Partisan iii. 29 This bug may not look up to much but the Volks is a glutton for punishment. 1971 E. Lemarchand Death on Doomsday ix. 131 Glutton for work, aren't you? < as lemmas |
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