| 单词 | the upper storey |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe (also one's) upper storey (also storeys) colloquial. humorous. the (also one's) upper storey (also storeys): the head considered as the seat of the mental faculties. Frequently in phrases indicating a lack of rationality or sanity. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intellect > [noun] > head as seat of intellect headeOE headpiece1581 the (also one's) upper storey (also storeys)1699 the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > [noun] > as seat of mind noddle1579 pate1598 the (also one's) upper storey (also storeys)1699 gourda1844 1699 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris (new ed.) 304 He..must have Brains..as well as Eyes in his Head. A man that has that Furniture in his upper Story, will discover [etc.]. 1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker II. 46 What you imagine to be the..light of grace,..I take to be a deceitful vapour, glimmering through a crack in your upper story. 1772 D. Garrick Irish Widow i. i. 5 He dresses, and powders, and smirks, so that you would take him for the mad Frenchman in Bedlam—something wrong in his upper story. 1817 J. Keats Let. 10 May in Wks. (1889) III. 57 By this means, in a week or so, I became not over capable in my upper stories. 1884 Harper's Mag. Dec. 88/1 I wuz born weak in th' upper story. 1921 A. Train Hermit of Turkey Hollow 60 O' course he's kind o' weak in the upper story—but he ain't crazy by a long shock. 1968 N. Meacock Thinking Girl xv. 127 Poor Nobby—I've known him since I was a girl—but definitely missing in the upper storey. 1999 A. Taylor Where Roses Fade (new ed.) xliv. 304 Looks quite normal, if a bit gormless, but there's quite a lot missing in the upper storey. < as lemmas |
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