英语词汇“belted earl”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

b. spec. originally Scottish. Designating an earl or knight, or (less commonly) a noble of another rank; see belt v. 1c(b). Frequently in belted earl, in later use often loosely designating any male aristocrat.Frequently with intensifying force.

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c1600 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. 24 This Williame was the sext beltit Erle of that hous of Douglas.

a1662 T. Craufurd Notes & Observ. G. Buchanan's Hist. Scotl. (1708) 38 Was knighted, was made a Belted Knight, as then was used.

a1783 Rose Red in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1892) IV. viii. 418 'Twas never my mither's fashion..That belted knights shold eer remain Where ladies dreed their pine.

1820 W. Scott Monastery III. i. 5 I have seen a belted baron sit on a bare bench and find nae fault.

1886 J. K. Jerome Idle Thoughts 26 A belted earl may be..get-overable by flattery; just as every other human being is.

1932 Amer. Mag. June 130/2 It brung 'Is Majesty's Viceroy to 'is knees in no time, and 'e was a belted lord, not just the first orcifer of a bleedin' yacht.

1980 R. Herron in F. Picano True Likeness 105 Before their very eyes, 85 refined and well-bred Americans saw a belted Countess turn into a psychotic sex fiend.

2016 Daily Mail (Nexis) 1 Apr. These days, if you find a belted earl in Mayfair, he'll probably be working as a concierge.

单词	belted earl
释义	> as lemmas belted earl b. spec. originally Scottish. Designating an earl or knight, or (less commonly) a noble of another rank; see belt v. 1c(b). Frequently in belted earl, in later use often loosely designating any male aristocrat.Frequently with intensifying force. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > earl, count, or countess > [adjective] > belted beltedc1600 c1600 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. 24 This Williame was the sext beltit Erle of that hous of Douglas. a1662 T. Craufurd Notes & Observ. G. Buchanan's Hist. Scotl. (1708) 38 Was knighted, was made a Belted Knight, as then was used. a1783 Rose Red in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1892) IV. viii. 418 'Twas never my mither's fashion..That belted knights shold eer remain Where ladies dreed their pine. 1820 W. Scott Monastery III. i. 5 I have seen a belted baron sit on a bare bench and find nae fault. 1886 J. K. Jerome Idle Thoughts 26 A belted earl may be..get-overable by flattery; just as every other human being is. 1932 Amer. Mag. June 130/2 It brung 'Is Majesty's Viceroy to 'is knees in no time, and 'e was a belted lord, not just the first orcifer of a bleedin' yacht. 1980 R. Herron in F. Picano True Likeness 105 Before their very eyes, 85 refined and well-bred Americans saw a belted Countess turn into a psychotic sex fiend. 2016 Daily Mail (Nexis) 1 Apr. These days, if you find a belted earl in Mayfair, he'll probably be working as a concierge. extracted from beltedadj. < as lemmas
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