| 单词 | tiger thirst |
| 释义 | > as lemmastiger thirst b. (a) passing into adj. ‘tiger-like, tigerish’, as tiger despair, tiger fury, tiger joy, tiger spasm, tiger thirst; (b) ‘distinguished by or marked with the figure of a tiger (or tiger's head)’, as tiger gun, tiger soldier. ΚΠ 1801 Asiatic Ann. Reg. 1800 Chron. 150/1 Tippoo's Tiger grenadiers..are met by a party of the 73d regt. 1801 Asiatic Ann. Reg. 1800 Chron. 150/1 A severe conflict is maintained with the leader of the Tiger men by a serjeant of the Highlanders. 1842 Penny Cycl. XXIV. 440/1 The tiger soldiers of Hyder Ali and Tippoo Saib were among the choicest of their troops. 1854 J. H. Stocqueler Hand-bk. Brit. India (ed. 3) 288 The arsenal, the gate of which is flanked by two of Tippoo's brass tiger guns, the muzzle representing the open mouth of that animal. 1854 T. De Quincey On Murder (rev. ed.) in Select. Grave & Gay IV. 66 The impression of his natural tiger character. 1856 H. Conant Eng. Bible viii. 231 To foster..that tiger thirst for blood. 1885 Ld. Tennyson Anc. Sage in Tiresias & Other Poems 61 The tiger spasms tear his chest. 1910 Westm. Gaz. 22 Mar. 5/2 The ideal Othello, played with a perfect mastery of all the modes of expressing tiger fury and tiger despair. < as lemmas |
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