| 单词 | the rainbow's end |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe rainbow's end b. As a quest for the treasure supposed to lie where the rainbow appears to touch the ground, esp. in the end of the rainbow, the foot of the rainbow, the rainbow's end. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > attraction, allurement, or enticement > [noun] > one who or that which > that which lurec1385 baitc1400 traina1425 allective1445 allurement1548 lodestone?1577 attractive1581 invites1615 magnetic1645 magnet1655 invitatory1666 track1672 glittering prize1713 catch1781 the rainbow's end1846 carrot1895 come-on1902 1803 Lit. Mag. & Amer. Reg. Dec. 237/2 An unlucky passion for celebrity, made him run continually in quest of it, as the peasant-boy runs to find the treasure at the end of the rainbow. 1836 W. D. Cooper Gloss. Provinc. Sussex 16 Go to the end of the rainbow, and you'll find a crock of money. 1846 G. W. Henry Incidents in Life of George W. Henry v. 67 Running after the riches of this world for the purpose of happiness, is like a child seeking for pretty things at the rainbow's end, which seems to be just in the adjoining field. 1882 Cent. Mag. Nov. 62/2 Lane and some of his men, like boys seeking the pot of gold at the foot of the rainbow, set out to immortalize and enrich themselves by ascending the Roanoke to find the Pacific Ocean. 1935 ‘J. Guthrie’ Little Country xxi. 312 You shouldered your swag and left to seek the foot of another rainbow. 1940 Railroad Mag. Apr. 47/1 Indian Valley road , an imaginary railroad ‘at the end of the rainbow,’ on which you could always find a good job and ideal working conditions. 1971 A. Diment Think Inc. ii. 21 Every wornout hack of an agent retires there... It's the end of the rainbow for every British spy. 2005 MX News 21 Mar. 17/1 The pot of gold at the end of the DVD rainbow. < as lemmas |
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