| 单词 | big daddy |
| 释义 | > as lemmasBig Daddy Big Daddy n. (also with lower-case initials) a paternal, dominating, or influential person; (in extended use) the most important or influential thing within a particular field or specimen of a given kind.Popularized by the character of that name in Tennessee Williams's play Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1955). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [noun] > one who is important > one who has influence substantial1548 men of light and leading1790 big fish1827 big1833 sommité1856 leader1858 baron1876 heavyweight1889 Big Daddy1898 uncrowned king (queen)1917 big boy1921 top gun1941 society > authority > power > influence > [noun] > one who or that which influences > influential person genius1749 influence1775 godfather1830 influential1831 influentiality1841 sommité1856 leader1858 Big Daddy1898 macher1911 uncrowned king (queen)1917 1898 Dubuque (Iowa) Daily Herald 30 Oct. 7/2 You have God for a big daddy. 1937 Pacific Coast Musician 18 Sept. 5/3 It includes marimbas (the big daddy of the xylophone family), guitars, zithers, tambourines. 1958 Spectator 29 Aug. 278/2 Mr. Francis Williams, journalism's Big Daddy. 1999 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Sept. 266/2 Spectacular Mellon photos of Big Daddies such as Burroughs and Ginsberg. 2001 J. T. Hallinan Going up River xvi. 187 And in 1986, the big daddy of them all, the Texas Prison Rodeo, finally bid farewell. < as lemmas |
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