| 单词 | to be nuts on |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto be (dead) nuts on (also upon) 1. Chiefly British. to be (dead) nuts on (also upon): to be infatuated with or fond of (a person); to be enthusiastic about, hold in high esteem (a person or thing).Quot. 18461 is of uncertain meaning, and may belong at sense 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > [verb (transitive)] > be or become devoted to or delighted with zeal1542 to be (dead) nuts on (also upon)1785 1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue at Well-hung The blowen was nutts upon the Kiddey because he is well-hung. 1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs II. (at cited word) A man who is much gratified with any bargain he has made,..will express his self-satisfaction..by declaring that he is, or was, quite nuts upon himself. 1846 ‘Lord Chief Baron’ Swell's Night Guide (new ed.) 75 ‘Vhy dont you go to her; your nuts don't see the donna drop her bowport for a drain?’ ‘Vhy, Owen..you knows it's no use of me being nuts, ven the donna's only nut crackers.’ 1846 ‘Lord Chief Baron’ Swell's Night Guide (new ed.) 77 You is dead nuts on the chummy's darter. 1873 W. Black Princess of Thule xi. 168 My aunt is awful nuts on Marcus Aurelius. 1892 E. J. Milliken 'Arry Ballads 70/1 Their ain't nothink the nobs is fair nuts on but wot these 'ere bellerers ban. 1919 ‘K. Mansfield’ Let. 15 Oct. (1993) III. 26 I am dead nuts on pasta. We eat it once a day. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. x. [Wandering Rocks] 224 He's dead nuts on sales,... I was with him one day and he bought a book from an old one in Liffey street for two bob. 1966 ‘L. Lane’ ABZ of Scouse 25 She's dead nuts on 'im. < as lemmas |
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