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单词 to be mistress of
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to 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).
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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.
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