| 单词 | old standard |
| 释义 | > as lemmasold standard ΚΠ 1838 J. F. Cooper Home as Found I. x. 163 That is the First Presbyterian, or the old standard [church]; a very good house. old standard b. A person who has been in a position for a long time, esp. an old resident, official, servant, etc. Now chiefly English regional and only in old standard. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > old person > [noun] > old and experienced person veteran1565 old standard1588 old soaker1590 oldie1799 old-timer1860 1588 W. Travers Def. Eccl. Discipline 111 Whiche superiour and olde standardes to displace (sayeth hee) to bring in yonge and inferiour Seignours. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) i. 38 The Ficklenesse and Fugitivenesse of such Servants, justly addeth a valuation to their Constancy, who are Standards in a Family. 1665 A. Wood Life & Times (1892) II. 45 This Dr. was an old standard..and at leisure times he would entertaine A. W. with old stories relating to the universitie. 1768 in 10th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1885) App. i. 410 How they [sc. the new Cabinet] will harmonize is the point. I believe well.., the old standards are usefull & I think makes every office better. 1877 R. De B. Trotter Galloway Gossip Sixty Years Ago 379 He was the best landlord out, for he never put ony auld standard out of their farm to give it to an incomer, but always keepit them on if they would bide. 1956 W. M. Williams Sociol. Eng. Village (2002) vi. 136 The Wheatsheaf is a place favoured by the ‘old standards’ and has a reputation for fine singing; it is also the ‘young lads’ pub. < as lemmas |
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