| 单词 | of —— fame |
| 释义 | > as lemmasof —— fame With an adjective or noun modifier. of —— fame: famous for having or being ——; famously associated or particularly identified with ——; well-known from ——. ΚΠ 1758 ‘Claudero’ Poems Sundry Occasions 18 The Norland Clerks, of thrifty Fame, Compar'd with him are very lame. 1845 F. Douglass Narr. Life F. Douglass Pref. p. v I rose, and declared that Patrick Henry, of revolutionary fame, never made a speech more eloquent in the cause of liberty, than the one we had just listened to from the lips of that hunted fugitive. 1861 A. Strickland Old Friends 2nd Ser. 71 The notorious young outlaw..of window-breaking fame. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 98/2 Among the contributors to its transactions..we find..P. Buttmann, Encke (of comet fame), L. Euler, the brothers Grimm. 1944 R. Matheson Entomol. for Introd. Courses vii. 157 The migratory locust (Locusta migratoria) of Biblical fame is probably one of the most destructive. 1963 M. Beadle These Ruins are Inhabited v. 63 A trust set up in the 1920s by George Eastman of Kodak fame. 1983 J. Hooper in O. Davies Omni Bk. Paranormal & Mind xxxvi. 406 Remember the jolly, saftig endomorphs..of pop-psychology fame? 1996 India Today 30 June 172/4 The tabla maestro of the curly locks and drop-dead looks fame. < as lemmas |
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