| 单词 | midas-like |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈMidas-like ˈMidas-like adv. and adj. ΚΠ a1593 C. Marlowe Edward II (1594) sig. D1v He weares a lords reuenewe on his back, And, Midas like he iets it in the court. 1670 S. Wilson Lassels's Voy. Italy (new ed.) ii. 350 Braue Raphael, whose only touch of a finger could, Midas like, turne gally pots into gold. 1851 N. Hawthorne House of Seven Gables iv. 65 As if you had seen him touching the twigs of the Pyncheon-elm, and, Midas-like, transmuting them to gold. 1897 Overland Monthly Mar. 264 I'd tell Them—Midas-like—a secret, to the end That they in turn should tell it to the world. 1948 Jrnl. Philos. 45 99 Plato shows the ideally selfish man of Thrasymachus ending up in Midas-like isolation. 1984 R. Warren Echo I. 16 Light pools gold in olive oil left on the plates and Midas-like touches the pale green globes of grapes and gleaming ellipse at the rim of a glass. < as lemmas |
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