单词 | bank-clerkly |
释义 | > as lemmasbank-clerkly bank-clerkly adj. relating to, resembling, or evocative of a bank clerk.In later use often with conscious allusion to quot. 1920. Cf. note at bank clerk n. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > financial dealings > banking > [adjective] > bank-clerk bank-clerkly1909 1909 A. H. Adams Galahad Jones xii. 235 He took his faltering determination with a boldness that was not at all bank-clerkly. 1920 E. Pound Hugh Selwyn Mauberley 19 But in Ealing With the most bank-clerkly of Englishmen? 1959 Listener 23 July 153/3 The same sort of boyish fun—or bank-clerkly humour—induced inordinate pleasure [etc.]. 1991 Spectator 6 July 38/3 Richard Bremmer plays Riccardo as the most bank-clerkly of Neapolitan gentlemen. < as lemmas |
随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。