英语词汇“big eater”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. Modifying an agent noun: that is much in the habit of performing the action specified; sometimes with the implication of excess, as big drinker, big eater, big spender, etc.

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1659 J. Bunyan Doctr. Law & Grace Unfolded To Reader sig. A3^v Reckon thy self therefore, I say, the biggest Sinner in the World, and be persuaded, that there is none worse than thy self.

1708 E. Smith Serm. Preached Before Lord Mayor 17 The biggest sinners will be brought down.

1799 P. Spindleshanks Battle Two Taylors 6 I aint so big de sinner As you, who no say grace at dinner.

1831 Documents Senate of State of N.-Y. 1831 14 Formerly extra rations were set apart for certain big eaters.

1898 J. T. Bealby & E. H. Hearn tr. S. Hedin Through Asia I. xx. 242 I have been set agape by stories of monstrous big eaters..but what are all these things as compared with a Chinese dinner of state, with its six-and-forty courses?

1902 Daily Chron. 25 Jan. 7/2 Thus we may learn which of them, in the opinion of his fellows, is..the slouchiest, the biggest fusser, the ‘grouchiest’.

1938 E. Monroe Mediterranean in Polit. iv. ii. 159 The big spenders—the rich Levantines from Egypt and Syria—are all going to Rhodes.

1979 W. B. Taylor Drinking, Homicide & Rebellion in Colonial Mexican Villages ii. 65 Drinking could become a symbolic contest... The big drinker could gain a psychic victory without ever touching his adversary.

1985 J. Irving Cider House Rules vi. 225 She was not a big reader, Edna.

2001 Sunday Herald (Glasgow) 12 Aug. (Seven Days section) 5/6 I'm not a big partier, though I'm not a shut-in either.

单词	big eater
释义	> as lemmas big eater a. Modifying an agent noun: that is much in the habit of performing the action specified; sometimes with the implication of excess, as big drinker, big eater, big spender, etc. ΚΠ 1659 J. Bunyan Doctr. Law & Grace Unfolded To Reader sig. A3^v Reckon thy self therefore, I say, the biggest Sinner in the World, and be persuaded, that there is none worse than thy self. 1708 E. Smith Serm. Preached Before Lord Mayor 17 The biggest sinners will be brought down. 1799 P. Spindleshanks Battle Two Taylors 6 I aint so big de sinner As you, who no say grace at dinner. 1831 Documents Senate of State of N.-Y. 1831 14 Formerly extra rations were set apart for certain big eaters. 1898 J. T. Bealby & E. H. Hearn tr. S. Hedin Through Asia I. xx. 242 I have been set agape by stories of monstrous big eaters..but what are all these things as compared with a Chinese dinner of state, with its six-and-forty courses? 1902 Daily Chron. 25 Jan. 7/2 Thus we may learn which of them, in the opinion of his fellows, is..the slouchiest, the biggest fusser, the ‘grouchiest’. 1938 E. Monroe Mediterranean in Polit. iv. ii. 159 The big spenders—the rich Levantines from Egypt and Syria—are all going to Rhodes. 1979 W. B. Taylor Drinking, Homicide & Rebellion in Colonial Mexican Villages ii. 65 Drinking could become a symbolic contest... The big drinker could gain a psychic victory without ever touching his adversary. 1985 J. Irving Cider House Rules vi. 225 She was not a big reader, Edna. 2001 Sunday Herald (Glasgow) 12 Aug. (Seven Days section) 5/6 I'm not a big partier, though I'm not a shut-in either. extracted from bigadj.adv. < as lemmas
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