| 单词 | the many-headed beast |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe many-headed beast (also monster) Having many heads. Frequently in extended use (usually derogatory), designating the masses or populace, esp. in the many-headed beast (also monster) [after Horace Epistles 1.1.76 Belua multorum es capitum] . Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > the common people > [noun] folkc888 peoplea1325 frapec1330 commona1350 common peoplea1382 commonsa1382 commontya1387 communityc1400 meiniec1400 commonaltya1425 commonsa1500 vulgarsa1513 many1526 meinie1532 multitude1535 the many-headed beast (also monster)1537 number1542 ignobility1546 commonitya1550 popular1554 populace1572 popularya1578 vulgarity?1577 populacya1583 rout1589 the vulgar1590 plebs1591 mobile vulgusc1599 popularity1599 ignoble1603 the million1604 plebe1612 plebeity1614 the common filea1616 the herda1616 civils1644 commonality1649 democracy1656 menu1658 mobile1676 crowd1683 vulgusa1687 mob1691 Pimlico parliament?1774 citizenry1795 polloi1803 demos1831 many-headed1836 hoi polloi1837 the masses1837 citizenhood1843 John Q.1922 wimble-wamble1937 the world > relative properties > relationship > variety > [adjective] > many-sided or having parts many-headed1537 many-sided1570 fertile-headed1632 versatile1656 multilateral1784 multilineala1800 polycephalic1850 multipolar1855 faceted1862 multicentral1864 arborescent1867 multisegmented1879 multisegmentate1880 multilinear1886 polycentric1887 many-faceted1890 1537 tr. Original & Sprynge All Sectes f. 43 This manyheaded fayth [Ger. Diser vilköpffig mutter glaub](I saye) hath noryshed & brought forth all these doughters. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. xxvi. sig. Ff4 O weak trust of the many-headed multitude. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. viii. sig. G6v The proud Duessa..High mounted on her many headed beast. 1595 S. Daniel First Fowre Bks. Ciuile Warres ii. xii. sig. G4 This many-headed monster Multitude. ?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads i. 11 That many-headed hill. 1680 G. Hickes Spirit of Popery 2 That Many-headed Pope the Presbyterian Government. 1737 A. Pope Epist. of Horace ii. i. 17 The many-headed Monster of the Pit. 1769 T. Smollett Hist. & Adventures Atom I. 120 Taycho..was convoyed home in triumph by that many-headed hydra the mob, which shook its multitudinous tail. 1819 Ld. J. Russell in Parl. Deb. 1st Ser. 41 1105 Are we then to conclude..that Somers [etc.] expelled a king in order to set up a many-headed tyranny? 1849 Ld. Tennyson You might have Won 20 Keep nothing sacred: 'tis but just The many-headed beast should know. 1852 J. S. Henslow Dict. Bot. Many-headed, when many distinct buds are seated on the crown of a root. 1900 M. E. Wilkins Love of Parson Lord 18 He was in..labour over his many-headed sermons. 1943 S. Spender Spiritual Exercises 5 One being, of past, present, futurity, Seeks within these many-headed wills To uncage the flame-winged dove of the stone city. 1997 Sunday Times 26 Oct. (Getting Wired Suppl.) 3/4 Microsoft Money and Intuit Quicken have been transformed from cut-down accounting packages into many-headed applications that aim to manage, inform and advise on every aspect of your domestic affairs. < as lemmas |
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