| 单词 | quick-born |
| 释义 | > as lemmasquick-born quick-born adj. now rare born alive; (figurative) vital, zealous, eager. ΚΠ a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 28547 Þat quikborne child i haue fordon. ?1785 A. Harper Oeconomy of Health 73 They are the quick-born Offspring of the Imagination. 1824 Ld. Byron Deformed Transformed i. ii. 81 His own twin, quickborn of the same womb. 1861 E. Atherstone Israel in Egypt 254 Nay, zealous more than for mere policy,—For a quick-born affection. 1906 Daily Chron. 17 July 3/1 An intrigue on the part of enemies of the reigning favourite, the sudden infatuation of the Duke, and the quick-born love of the young lady herself, had raised Wilhelmine to the dubious eminence of maîtresse en titre. 1930 Jrnl. Polit. Econ. 38 691 Twelve or more children, quick-born and vital, of Italian nationality, whereof six must be provided for. < as lemmas |
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