| 单词 | big bug |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbig bug big bug n. [apparently < big adj. + bug n.1, although compare discussion at bug n.1] an important or powerful person; cf. bug n.1 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [noun] > one who is important > one of high rank statec1449 top people1752 anybody1802 celestitude1824 big bug1826 wig1828 celestiality1837 (the) salt of the earth1842 high-up1882 big-timer1917 V.I.P.1933 society > society and the community > social class > nobility > aristocracy or upper class > [noun] > member of optimate1574 gentle blood1575 patrician1631 grandlinga1637 (man, woman) of fashion1702 Brahmani1704 ruffled shirt1754 aristocrat1789 thoroughbred1817 Brahmin1823 big bug1826 ruffle shirt1830 ruffle-shirter1842 blue blood1850 aristo1864 upper1955 1826 Wall-Street as it now Is i. ii. 9 The attorney cannot be under the influence of big bugs, can he? 1896 J. C. Harris Sister Jane 24 He don't belong to the big-bugs. 1932 E. Waugh Black Mischief viii. 300 He seems to have been quite a big bug under the Emperor. Ran the army for him. 2004 B. Dylan Chronicles I. iii. 115 The big bugs in the press kept promoting me as the mouthpiece, spokesman, or even conscience of a generation. < as lemmas |
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