| 单词 | string-bean |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstring-bean string-bean n. (a) U.S. the French or kidney bean; (b) U.S. colloquial, a tall thin person; also transferred. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > pulses or plants producing pulses > [noun] > bean > kidney beans or kidney bean plants French bean1542 kidney bean1548 fasels1562 frijoles1568 Welsh bean1585 longbean1587 cock stone1631 haricot1653 string-bean1759 snap-bean1770 bunch-bean1787 butter bean1820 bush-bean1821 snaps1845 navy bean1851 cannellini1862 flageolet1877 wax bean1905 pinto bean1913 wax-pod bean1921 borlotti1932 the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > pulse > [noun] > bean > kidney beans kidney bean1548 fasels1562 frijoles1568 Welsh bean1585 longbean1587 haricot1653 string-bean1759 snapc1770 butter bean1820 snap-bean1870 flageolet1877 sieva1888 pinto bean1913 pinto1918 borlotti1932 soldier bean1968 the world > life > the body > bodily height > tallness > [noun] > and thinness > person lungis1572 gangrel1582 slangrel1592 maypole1600 slangam1611 mackerel-back1674 spider-catcher1699 gilly-gaupus?1719 tangle1778 beanpole1798 windlestraw1818 lankyc1863 narrowback1921 leptosome1931 string-bean1936 streak1941 1759 E. Holyoke Diary 11 July in G. F. Dow Holyoke Diaries (1911) 20 First Str [ing] Beans ys. year. 1789 J. May Jrnl. & Lett. (1873) 145 Squash and string-beans without butter. 1801 Spirit of Farmers' Museum 244 Her neck-beef sausage, and her tough string beans. 1842 N. Hawthorne Jrnl. 10 Aug. in Amer. Notebks. (1972) vi. 329 It was a very pleasant moment when I gathered the first mess of string-beans. 1936 P. G. Wodehouse Laughing Gas xi. 114 ‘Gee!’ he said. ‘Are you one of those English Oils?’ ‘I am. Or, rather, I was.’ ‘I always thought they were string-bean sort of guys without any chins.’ 1975 R. H. Rimmer Premar Exper. (1976) i. 70 Ellen, I know you can't help it, but you remind me of a starving, stringbean kitten that wandered into our house when I was a kid. 1977 New Yorker 3 Oct. 80/2 ‘Did Germany need living space?’ Hellmann asked, translating the stringbean's German word. < as lemmas |
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