英语词汇“old man of the sea”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

old man of the sea n. (in the story of Sinbad the Sailor in the Arabian Nights) the sea-god who forced Sinbad to carry him on his shoulders for many days and nights until he was thwarted by being made so drunk that he toppled off; frequently as the type of a person whom one cannot get rid of, or a troublesome burden or task.

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the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > [noun] > encumberment > that which or one who > hard to get rid of

bur1600

old man of the sea1712

Old Man of the Mountain1841

albatross1883

1712 tr. Arabian Nights' Entertainm. (ed. 2) III. lxxxiv. 57 You fell say they into the Hands of the old Man of the Sea, and are the first that ever escap'd strangling by him.

1809 W. Scott Let. 7 Aug. in J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Sir W. Scott (1837) II. vii. 252 Such odious deceivers are these invalids. Mine reminds me of Sinbad's Old Man of the Sea, and will certainly throttle me if I can't somehow dismount him.

1850 C. M. Yonge Henrietta's Wish viii. 112 Uncle Roger has got hold of him, and he is as bad as the old man of the sea.

1899 Strand Mag. Mar. 308/1 When a man once gets a Cavalanci and plays to it, it sticks to him like the Old Man of the Sea.

1927 Times 22 July 15/4 The bad habit into which we slip almost unconsciously fixes itself about our necks as firmly as any Old Man of the Sea.

1965 N. Freeling Criminal Conversat. ii. xx. 186 I am tired. I find you like the Old Man of the Sea.

1991 W. Beechey Reluctant Samaritan (BNC) 4 She fastened on to the person whose house it was like the Old Man of the Sea in ‘Sinbad the Sailor’.

单词	old man of the sea
释义	> as lemmas old man of the sea old man of the sea n. (in the story of Sinbad the Sailor in the Arabian Nights) the sea-god who forced Sinbad to carry him on his shoulders for many days and nights until he was thwarted by being made so drunk that he toppled off; frequently as the type of a person whom one cannot get rid of, or a troublesome burden or task. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > [noun] > encumberment > that which or one who > hard to get rid of bur1600 old man of the sea1712 Old Man of the Mountain1841 albatross1883 1712 tr. Arabian Nights' Entertainm. (ed. 2) III. lxxxiv. 57 You fell say they into the Hands of the old Man of the Sea, and are the first that ever escap'd strangling by him. 1809 W. Scott Let. 7 Aug. in J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Sir W. Scott (1837) II. vii. 252 Such odious deceivers are these invalids. Mine reminds me of Sinbad's Old Man of the Sea, and will certainly throttle me if I can't somehow dismount him. 1850 C. M. Yonge Henrietta's Wish viii. 112 Uncle Roger has got hold of him, and he is as bad as the old man of the sea. 1899 Strand Mag. Mar. 308/1 When a man once gets a Cavalanci and plays to it, it sticks to him like the Old Man of the Sea. 1927 Times 22 July 15/4 The bad habit into which we slip almost unconsciously fixes itself about our necks as firmly as any Old Man of the Sea. 1965 N. Freeling Criminal Conversat. ii. xx. 186 I am tired. I find you like the Old Man of the Sea. 1991 W. Beechey Reluctant Samaritan (BNC) 4 She fastened on to the person whose house it was like the Old Man of the Sea in ‘Sinbad the Sailor’. extracted from old mann. < as lemmas
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