单词 | to be mistress of |
释义 | > as lemmasto be mistress of 9. A woman who is proficient in an art, craft, or other branch of study. to be mistress of: to be versed in or perfectly acquainted with (a subject). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > scholarly knowledge, erudition > intellectual command, mastery > have mastery of [verb] canOE knowc1300 to be mistress ofc1440 possess1607 soak1937 the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [noun] > skilful person > a master or mistress masterc1430 mistressc1440 doctor1548 archemaster1570 graduate1582 pass-master1599 possessor1713 past master1840 past mistress1868 passed master1882 ustad1903 maestro1938 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > scholarly knowledge, erudition > learned person, scholar > [noun] > female clergess?c1225 scoleryng14.. mistressc1440 virtuosa1754 savante1764 bluestocking1786 literata1794 the mind > possession > have or possess [verb (transitive)] > possess and control wieldeOE to owe (also have) a wold (also on wield)c1175 to be mistress of1590 master1594 commanda1616 c1440 S. Scrope tr. C. de Pisan Epist. of Othea (St. John's Cambr.) (1970) 66 Meede..be þe enchauntementis..of þe which she was a souereyne maistres, made charmes. a1456 (a1449) J. Lydgate Minor Poems (1934) ii. 467 Prynce, þereuers to expresse Of yche thing by contynaunce: Entendement Double is cheef maystresse. 1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope v. 221 I am a maystresse in medecyn. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Nahum iii. 4 The fayre and beutifull harlot: which is a mastresse of wychcraft. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. vii. sig. F6 Great maistresse of her art was that false Dame. a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iv. iv. 582 I cannot say, 'tis pitty She lacks Instructions, for she seemes a Mistresse To most that teach. View more context for this quotation 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 92. ¶5 I would advise all young Wives to make themselves Mistresses of Wingate's Arithmetick. 1718 N. Rowe tr. Lucan Pharsalia vi. 912 Hail! mighty Mistress of Hæmonian arts. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones II. iv. v. 35 She was a perfect Mistress of Music, and would never willingly have played any but Handel's. View more context for this quotation 1802 A. Seward Lett. (1811) VI. 48 Who is such a mistress, where I am so shallow a student. 1881 H. James Portrait of Lady I. iii. 24 She affirmed that the British laundress..was not a mistress of her art. 1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. III. cii. 445 Degree titles.., Mistress of Polite Literature, Mistress of Music. 1913 W. J. Locke Stella Maris xiii. 156 The hard-bitten vagabond of the highroad has his or her well-defined means of livelihood. This was a mistress of mumpery. 1930 W. S. Maugham Cakes & Ale xii. 146 I wish..I had had the sense..to take notes of her conversation, for Mrs. Hudson was a mistress of Cockney humour. 1990 N.Y. Mag. 30 July 56/2 The legendary mistress of soul-singing. < as lemmas |
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