英语词汇“to be no starter”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

†1. A person who goes away, leaves, deserts, etc. In later use chiefly in negative contexts, esp. in to be no starter.

a. A person who runs away; a deserter. Also, without reference to physical movement: a person who fails to show loyalty or commitment to a principle, cause, task, etc. (sometimes with from), or who is ready to give up on or abandon something; a fickle or inconstant person; a shirker; a quitter. Obsolete.Earliest in starter aside; in later use chiefly with reference to leaving a gathering of people drinking together.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > [noun] > avoiding an action or condition > one who

fleer1488

starter1519

eschewer1578

avoidera1625

flyer1649

shunner1806

sidestepper1900

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [noun] > inconstant person or thing > inconstant person

starter1519

changeling1539

flirt1577

Protean1598

weathercock1598

changerc1600

mooncalf1607

minute jacka1616

a nose of wax1821

sugar stick1825

wax-nosea1843

in-and-outer1905

brainstormer1907

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > [noun] > desertion of one's party or principles > one who

renay1340

apostate1362

renegatec1450

starter1519

reniant1532

changeling1539

rannigala1560

recreant1570

turncoat1570

renegado1573

start-away1574

off-faller?1575

start-back1579

departer1586

reneger1597

retrospicientc1600

runagadea1604

renegade1611

turn-tail1621

runagado1623

trip-coata1625

retrogredient1650

retrograde1651

tergiversator1716

rat1755

ratter1819

tergiversant1833

blackleg1844

strike-breaker1904

faller-out1964

1519 W. Horman Vulgaria viii. f. 89^v He is a starter a syde [L. erro est] or a lurkar.

1536 T. Starkey Let. July in Eng. (1871) ii. p. xxxix From thys truthe you schal fynd me my lord to be no sterter, wauerar nor hengar in the wynd.

1550 E. Becke Brefe Confutacion They are so sturdy and stoute, they wyll be take for no starters Thei had rather goo to the Dyuel.

1561 T. Hoby tr. B. Castiglione Courtyer iv. sig. Yy.ii I recken him a waueringe starter.

1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. xxix. v. 373 He advised the Generall, who of his owne disposition was no starter, but constant and resolute, That [etc.].

a1640 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Double Marriage ii. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Dddd2/1 We'l spare her our main top-saile, He shall not look us long, we are no starters.

1658 J. Votier Vox Dei & Hominis i. viii. 55 True Saints prove Standers, when others turn starters.

1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew (at cited word) I am no Starter; I shan't flinch, or cry to go Home.

a1704 T. Brown Satyr upon French King in Wks. (1707) I. i. 89 Were I thy Confessor,..Dost think that I'de allow thee any Quarter, No—thou should'st find what 'tis to be a Starter.

1750 M. Maurice Social Relig. Exemplify'd (ed. 2) vii. 121 When at the Alehouse there is not a meaner thing in their esteem than to be a Starter.

1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Starter, one who leaves a jolly company; a milksop, he is no starter, he will sit longer than a hen.

1801 Eccentric Biogr. 95 The late Duke of Northumberland, who was no starter upon these occasions, was of the party.

1851 Reynolds's Misc. 31 May 304/2 Hiffernan was no starter from the bottle.

b. A person who wanders away, or is liable to do so; a vagrant; a wanderer. Obsolete.In quot. a1627 figurative; the quot. may perhaps belong at sense 1a.

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society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [noun] > without fixed aim or wandering > wanderer > one given to wandering

starter1578

groyl1582

rolling stone1598

floater1859

butterfly1876

roll-about1893

drifter1908

1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 13^v Canst thou prefer a straunger before thy countryman? A starter before thy companion?

1600 T. Heywood If you know not Me (1605) sig. C4^v Nay, nay, you need not bolt & locke so fast, Shee is no starter.

a1627 T. Middleton No Wit (1657) v. 108 My miseries are no starters when they come, Stick longer by me.

1705 J. Dunton Life & Errors iv. 325 He was no starter, having liv'd Forty Years in the same House.

单词	to be no starter
释义	> as lemmas to be no starter †1. A person who goes away, leaves, deserts, etc. In later use chiefly in negative contexts, esp. in to be no starter. a. A person who runs away; a deserter. Also, without reference to physical movement: a person who fails to show loyalty or commitment to a principle, cause, task, etc. (sometimes with from), or who is ready to give up on or abandon something; a fickle or inconstant person; a shirker; a quitter. Obsolete.Earliest in starter aside; in later use chiefly with reference to leaving a gathering of people drinking together. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > [noun] > avoiding an action or condition > one who fleer1488 starter1519 eschewer1578 avoidera1625 flyer1649 shunner1806 sidestepper1900 the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [noun] > inconstant person or thing > inconstant person starter1519 changeling1539 flirt1577 Protean1598 weathercock1598 changerc1600 mooncalf1607 minute jacka1616 a nose of wax1821 sugar stick1825 wax-nosea1843 in-and-outer1905 brainstormer1907 the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > [noun] > desertion of one's party or principles > one who renay1340 apostate1362 renegatec1450 starter1519 reniant1532 changeling1539 rannigala1560 recreant1570 turncoat1570 renegado1573 start-away1574 off-faller?1575 start-back1579 departer1586 reneger1597 retrospicientc1600 runagadea1604 renegade1611 turn-tail1621 runagado1623 trip-coata1625 retrogredient1650 retrograde1651 tergiversator1716 rat1755 ratter1819 tergiversant1833 blackleg1844 strike-breaker1904 faller-out1964 1519 W. Horman Vulgaria viii. f. 89^v He is a starter a syde [L. erro est] or a lurkar. 1536 T. Starkey Let. July in Eng. (1871) ii. p. xxxix From thys truthe you schal fynd me my lord to be no sterter, wauerar nor hengar in the wynd. 1550 E. Becke Brefe Confutacion They are so sturdy and stoute, they wyll be take for no starters Thei had rather goo to the Dyuel. 1561 T. Hoby tr. B. Castiglione Courtyer iv. sig. Yy.ii I recken him a waueringe starter. 1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. xxix. v. 373 He advised the Generall, who of his owne disposition was no starter, but constant and resolute, That [etc.]. a1640 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Double Marriage ii. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Dddd2/1 We'l spare her our main top-saile, He shall not look us long, we are no starters. 1658 J. Votier Vox Dei & Hominis i. viii. 55 True Saints prove Standers, when others turn starters. 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew (at cited word) I am no Starter; I shan't flinch, or cry to go Home. a1704 T. Brown Satyr upon French King in Wks. (1707) I. i. 89 Were I thy Confessor,..Dost think that I'de allow thee any Quarter, No—thou should'st find what 'tis to be a Starter. 1750 M. Maurice Social Relig. Exemplify'd (ed. 2) vii. 121 When at the Alehouse there is not a meaner thing in their esteem than to be a Starter. 1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Starter, one who leaves a jolly company; a milksop, he is no starter, he will sit longer than a hen. 1801 Eccentric Biogr. 95 The late Duke of Northumberland, who was no starter upon these occasions, was of the party. 1851 Reynolds's Misc. 31 May 304/2 Hiffernan was no starter from the bottle. b. A person who wanders away, or is liable to do so; a vagrant; a wanderer. Obsolete.In quot. a1627 figurative; the quot. may perhaps belong at sense 1a. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [noun] > without fixed aim or wandering > wanderer > one given to wandering starter1578 groyl1582 rolling stone1598 floater1859 butterfly1876 roll-about1893 drifter1908 1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 13^v Canst thou prefer a straunger before thy countryman? A starter before thy companion? 1600 T. Heywood If you know not Me (1605) sig. C4^v Nay, nay, you need not bolt & locke so fast, Shee is no starter. a1627 T. Middleton No Wit (1657) v. 108 My miseries are no starters when they come, Stick longer by me. 1705 J. Dunton Life & Errors iv. 325 He was no starter, having liv'd Forty Years in the same House. extracted from startern. < as lemmas
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