| 单词 | master-spirit |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmaster-spirit a. Prefixed to the designation of a person, with the sense ‘chief’, ‘leading’, ‘commanding’. Now rare in general sense, except in master-spirit (somewhat poetic, perhaps echoing quots. 1607 or a1616). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > fame or renown > famous or eminent person > [noun] kingeOE master-spiritc1175 douzepersc1330 sire1362 worthya1375 lantern1382 sira1400 greatc1400 noblec1400 persona1425 lightc1425 magnate?a1439 worthyman1439 personagec1460 giant1535 honourablec1540 triedc1540 magnifico1573 ornament1573 signor1583 hero1592 grandee1604 prominent1608 name1611 magnificent1612 choice spirita1616 illustricity1637 luminary1692 lion1715 swell1786 notable1796 top-sawyer1826 star1829 celebrity1831 notability1832 notoriety1841 mighty1853 tycoon1861 reputation1870 public figure1871 star turn1885 headliner1896 front-pager1899 legend1899 celeb1907 big name1909 big-timer1917 Hall of Famer1948 megastar1969 c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 7454 Wass maȝȝstre dwale. an defless þeww Þatt arriuss wass nemmnedd. a1225 (?OE) MS Lamb. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 41 (MED) Þa welle bi-wisten xii meister deoflen swilc ha weren kinges. c1300 (?c1225) King Horn (Cambr.) (1901) 642 (MED) Þat heued i þe bringe Of þe maister kinge. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Jer. li. 23 I shal hurtle in thee dukes and the maister ȝugis [L. magistratus]. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 13594 Þe maisters Iuus þan bigan To mistru o þis sinful seli man. c1440 (c1350) Octovian (Thornton) 559 Þe mayster owtlawe spake þene. c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 478 In ȝou schulen be maistris liers. c1480 (a1400) St. Margaret 502 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 61 Scho ourcumyne had þe maister feynd. a1500 (?c1450) Merlin 436 (MED) Merlin is maister counseller to kynge Arthur. 1575 W. Stevenson Gammer Gurtons Nedle iv. ii. sig. Diiv The master deuil Belsabub. 1590 J. Stockwood Eng. Accidence sig. Aiijv My master schollers of the higher forms. 1607 B. Jonson Volpone Ep. Ded. sig. ¶4 The great and Maister Spirits of our World. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) iii. i. 164 The Choice and Master Spirits of this Age. View more context for this quotation 1616 B. Jonson Epicœne iii. vi, in Wks. I. 562 That falls out often, madame, that he that thinkes himselfe the master-wit, is the master -foole. View more context for this quotation 1617 Janua Linguarum To Prince Whose but yours, that are a maister-prince. 1644 J. Milton Areopagitica 4 A good Booke is the pretious life-blood of a master spirit. 1701 N. Rowe Ambitious Step-mother iii. iii See where the Master Villain stands! 1726 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey V. xxiv. 26 Yet still a master ghost, the rest he aw'd. 1759 W. Mason Caractacus 84 The master-mover in this business. 1776 H. More Let. (1925) 30 Oh, that thy master-spirit..could recall the blushes..of female modesty! 1849 A. Alison Hist. Europe from French Revol. (new ed.) VIII. xlix. 101 The master-spirit had fled from the helm, when Lord Wellesley embarked for England. 1849 W. E. Aytoun Execution Montrose vii The master-fiend Argyle! 1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake II. vi. 83 One of those unfathomable master-personages. 1877 J. A. Symonds Renaissance in Italy vi. 323 How those mighty master spirits watched the sphering of new planets in the spiritual skies. 1970 R. Davies Fifth Business ii. vii. 114 At that moment Deptford was the whole world—we were the master-spirits of the evening. 1993 Conjunctions (Credos Issue) 357 I keep a revenge diary..in which I honor master-spirits and flay dolts. < as lemmas |
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