| 单词 | man of wax |
| 释义 | > as lemmasman of wax man of wax n. Obsolete a waxen image of a man.extracted from waxn.1man of wax c. man of wax, lad of wax: used as a term of emphatic commendation. Now archaic and dialect (see Eng. Dial. Dict).The origin of this expression is not clear. It may have meant ‘as faultless as if modelled in wax’ (cf. 2d). Some would refer it to wax n.2 ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [noun] > excellent person gemc1275 blooma1300 excellence1447 mirrorc1450 man of mena1470 treasure?1545 paragon1548 shining light1563 Apollo's swan?1592 man of wax1597 rara avis1607 Titan1611 choice spirita1616 excellency1725 inestimable1728 inimitable1751 cock of the walk1781 surpasser1805 shiner1810 swell1816 trump1819 tip-topper1822 star1829 beauty1832 soarer1895 trumph1895 pansy1899 Renaissance man1906 exemplum virtutis1914 museum piece1920 superman1925 flyer1930 pistol1935 all-star1949 1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet i. iii. 78 Why he is a man of waxe . View more context for this quotation 1607 T. Dekker & J. Webster West-ward Hoe ii. i. sig. C2 Hees a Knight made out of waxe. 1612 N. Field Woman a Weather-cocke i. B 4 b By Ioue it is a little man of wax. 1620 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Phylaster i. 7 Oh tis a Prince of wax. 1821 W. T. Moncrieff Tom & Jerry iii. iii A glass of good max..Wou'd have made them, like us, lads of wax. 1840 Peter Parley's Ann. 131 The shoemaker..surveyed the Prince from top to bottom. ‘No tailor could do that,’ said he; ‘he must be a lad of wax.’ 1858 A. Trollope Dr. Thorne I. iv. 85 All right, my lad of wax. 1880 R. D. Blackmore Mary Anerley II. v. 98 Could any lad of wax put up with this, least of all a daring mariner? < as lemmas |
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