单词 | pythonize |
释义 | pythonizev. intransitive. To make a prediction, to prophesy.Apparently only in or with reference to the writings of Edward Bulwer-Lytton. ΚΠ a1873 E. Bulwer-Lytton in Ld. Lytton Life & Lett. Lytton (1883) I. 99 I might have been a much smaller [man] if the poor maniac had never pythonised of my future. 1914 E. G. Bell Introd. Prose Romances, Plays & Comedies E. B. Lytton 29 The frequently repeated legend of a maniac having seized him from his nurse's arms and pythonised of his future greatness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.a1873 |
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