单词 | to be in a world of one's own |
释义 | > as lemmasto be in a world of one's own b. to be in a world of one's own and variants: to be in a secluded environment of which one is the only inhabitant; to be absorbed in oneself and inattentive to one's surroundings or situation; to be divorced from reality. ΚΠ 1658 C. B. & W. G. S. Crook's Τα Διαϕεροντα or Divine Characters i. xi. 119 He that dreameth, who from the common world with-draweth into a world of his own. a1668 W. Waller Divine Medit. (1680) iv. 22 Here, within the inclosure of these Walls, thou art in a particular world of thine own. 1705 R. Steele Tender Husband i. i. 7 You must understand, the young Lady by being kept from the World, has made a World of her own—She has spent all her solitude in Reading Romances. 1773 R. Graves Spiritual Quixote I. ii. vii. 71 He threw himself at length upon the turf; and was soon got into a world of his own, snoring most profoundly. 1805 W. Godwin Fleetwood II. xiii. 180 He lived however, toward the close of his life, in a world of his own, and saw nothing as it really was. 1851 N. Hawthorne Seven Gables v. 86 These..people were odd humorists, in a world of their own,—a world of vivid brilliancy. 1931 E. Bliss Saraband i. 11 She's always dreaming. I think she lives in a world of her own. 1992 T. Davies Modest Pageant 177 God help him. He's in a world of his own. < as lemmas |
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