单词 | study-bearing |
释义 | > as lemmasstudy-bearing b. Instrumental and objective, as †study-bearing, study-bred, study-racked, study-worn adjs., etc. ΚΠ 1670 J. Eachard Grounds Contempt of Clergy 25 If..instead of such either of inferiour Parts, or a feeble Constitution,..there were pick'd out those that were of a tolerable Ingenuity, of a study-bearing Body, and..as hence there is nothing to hinder our Universities from being full, so [etc.]. 1812 B. D'Israeli Calamities of Authors i. 199 Emaciated, and study-worn with hollow eyes. 1858 G. Brown Gram. of Eng. Gram. (ed. 4) iii. 576 The following study-bred example of the Doctor's, is also awkward and ungrammatical. 1861 St. James's Mag. 1 486 Brace their study-racked brains and limbs wearied with inaction by such vigorous feats as may well make experienced mountaineers turn pale with envy. 1946 R. T. Flewelling Things that matter Most i. 12 In the opening lines of Goethe's drama of Faust we have the description of a study-worn student who has taken honors in law, medicine, and theology without finding the satisfaction that he feels should come with the diplomas and the title of Doctor. 1993 J. E. Morpurgo Charles Lamb & Ella Introd. p. xxix Lamb's criticism was not all study-bred; he had practised play-writing and for him theatre-going was an addiction. 2004 Nation (Thailand) (Nexis) 11 July Hanging out in the buff can be a great stress-reliever for study-worn university students. < as lemmas |
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