| 单词 | rum-bred |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrum-bred a. Instrumental, as rum-bred, rum-crazed, rum-soaked, etc. Cf. rumdum adj. and n. ΚΠ 1834 Man 27 Aug. 347/2 A rum-soaked miserable looking hag. 1866 Evening Star 19 Mar. He had better have been a dead man than have emitted from his mouth..such a rum-bred pestilence of breath. 1893 Arena Apr. 637 The uneducated, rum-crazed negro. 1897 G. B. Shaw Let. 13 May (1965) I. 762 His rum bathed hair. 1934 E. Hemingway in Cosmopolitan Apr. 119/2 I know you haven't got any guts unless you've got rum... I want you rum-brave. I don't want you useless. 1968 D. C. James Antebellum Natchez i. 15 A band of rum-crazed Choctaw pillaged a number of farms and wrecked the sole trading post. 1979 Weekend Mag. (Toronto) 31 Mar. 9/4 Most Newfie specialties would never be allowed over the doorstep of a health food store: molasses kisses, rum-flavored caramels, peppermint knobs, [etc.]. 2009 Observer (Nexis) 20 Dec. 8 It's a rum-fuelled session and the results are blazing. < as lemmas |
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