英语词汇“since hector was a pup”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

U.S. colloquial. since Hector was a pup (also boy) and variants: for a very long time; since a long time ago. Cf. since Pluto was a pup at Pluto n.¹ Phrases.Hector may refer to the Trojan hero who lived around 1200 b.c. and whose mother Hecuba was, according to Euripides, turned into a dog (hence Hector could be regarded as her pup); it may also reflect the popularity at various times of Hector as a dog's name.

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1888 Sunday Herald (Syracuse, N.Y.) 19 Aug. 6/6 Let all thy proud monopolists rejoice in our new joy,They ne'er had leader like our James since Hector was a boy.

1892 G. P. Lathrop Gold of Pleasure x. 101 I hain’t been so hungry and thirsty as I am this minute, since Hector was pupp’d.

1895 Washington Post 6 Feb. 6/5 [They] have been scrapping with each other in this neighborhood ‘since long before Hector was a pup’.

1912 Dial. Notes 3 589 Since Hec was a pup, for a long time.

1934 J. T. Farrell Young Manhood Studs Lonigan (1935) 258 Haven't seen Dan since Hector was a pup.

1990 ‘E. McBain’ Vespers 335 Mickey Harrigan, a big redheaded red-faced hairbag who'd been on the force since Hector was a pup.

2000 J. Womack Going going Gone (2002) 86 Shackmans toy store was at the corner of 16th; it was older than Hamilton, it had been there since Hector was a pup.

单词	since hector was a pup
释义	> as lemmas since Hector was a pup (also boy) U.S. colloquial. since Hector was a pup (also boy) and variants: for a very long time; since a long time ago. Cf. since Pluto was a pup at Pluto n.¹ Phrases.Hector may refer to the Trojan hero who lived around 1200 b.c. and whose mother Hecuba was, according to Euripides, turned into a dog (hence Hector could be regarded as her pup); it may also reflect the popularity at various times of Hector as a dog's name. ΚΠ 1888 Sunday Herald (Syracuse, N.Y.) 19 Aug. 6/6 Let all thy proud monopolists rejoice in our new joy,They ne'er had leader like our James since Hector was a boy. 1892 G. P. Lathrop Gold of Pleasure x. 101 I hain’t been so hungry and thirsty as I am this minute, since Hector was pupp’d. 1895 Washington Post 6 Feb. 6/5 [They] have been scrapping with each other in this neighborhood ‘since long before Hector was a pup’. 1912 Dial. Notes 3 589 Since Hec was a pup, for a long time. 1934 J. T. Farrell Young Manhood Studs Lonigan (1935) 258 Haven't seen Dan since Hector was a pup. 1990 ‘E. McBain’ Vespers 335 Mickey Harrigan, a big redheaded red-faced hairbag who'd been on the force since Hector was a pup. 2000 J. Womack Going going Gone (2002) 86 Shackmans toy store was at the corner of 16th; it was older than Hamilton, it had been there since Hector was a pup. extracted from Hectorn. < as lemmas
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