| 单词 | plum-in-the-mouth |
| 释义 | > as lemmasplum-in-the-mouth P1. In similative and figurative phrases, with reference to the idea that indistinct or mannered speech suggests that one's mouth is full of plums; (in later use) spec. indicating a mode of speech associated with the British upper classes; cf. plummy adj.2 3b. Hence plum-in-the-mouth adj. (colloquial). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > accent > [adjective] > of particular accents broad?1533 plum-in-the-mouth1553 strong1735 educated1838 Kensingtonian1902 Morningside1953 cut glass1962 lock-jawed1974 1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique iii An other speakes, as though he had Plummes in his mouthe. 1740 P. Sproson Art of Reading 45 You speak as if you had plums in your mouth. 1789 ‘A. Pasquin’ Children of Thespis in Poems II. 93 Tho' he clips Common Sense, with a mouthful of plums, By the aid of his wife he can butter his crums. 1810 J. Poole Hamlet Travestie ii. ii. 28 When speaking a speech, it an actor becomes To mumble as tho' he'd his mouth full of plums. 1861 Mrs. H. Wood East Lynne III. iii. ix. 78 He was a persuasive orator..: but, had he spoken with plums in his mouth, and a stammer on his tongue, and a break-down at every sentence, the uproarious applause and shouts would have been equally rife. 1907 E. M. Forster Longest Journey i. 20 I have not understood a single word, partly because you talk as if your mouth was full of plums. 1926 D. H. Lawrence Plumed Serpent vi. 118 She spoke rapidly, a rather plum-in-the-mouth Spanish. 1934 S. R. Nelson All about Jazz vii. 163 The lukewarm, plum-in-the-mouth style of some of the white vocalists. 1985 Guardian (Nexis) 19 Sept. Camilla, Sloane ranger secretary with a plum in her mouth and Henley in her heart, has had a nasty shock. 2004 Australian (Nexis) 18 Nov. 16 Speaking with a plum in his mouth that marks him as the Eton and Oxford toff that he is. < as lemmas |
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