单词 | seven kinds of |
释义 | > as lemmasseven kinds (also sorts, etc.) of —— a. slang (originally U.S.). seven kinds (also sorts, etc.) of ——: used as an intensifier, emphasizing the extent or degree of something; cf. seven shades of. ΚΠ 1875 Chicago Tribune 2 Oct. 11/1 You've raised seven kinds of blazes with the parents of the girls. 1922 Camp Log (N.Y. State Coll. Forestry) Feb. 33/1 It was not long before the heat began to tell on us and our throats felt like seven varieties of sand paper. 1967 N. Nye Trail of Lost Skulls xxvii. 137 I've been seven kinds of a parblind idjit but the only one I ever loved was you! 2009 Sun (Nexis) 18 Feb. I remember..apprehensively waiting for her, imagining she'd be seven sorts of nightmare. < as lemmas |
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