| 单词 | to feather one's nest |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto feather one's nest a. internally: To line with feathers, in to feather one's nest: to avail oneself of opportunities for laying up wealth, to enrich oneself. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > wealth > be rich [verb (intransitive)] > become rich gather?c1225 richa1375 purchasec1387 increasea1425 enrich1525 to feather one's nest1583 to make a, one's fortune1596 to make one's fortunea1616 fatten1638 accumulate1747 to fill one's pipe1821 to shake the pagoda-tree1825 pyramid1926 1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. F5 By this meanes..they feather their nests well inough. 1612 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus i. 7 Yet all this worke is neglected, that his owne neast may be well feathered. 1658 F. Osborne Mem. Reigns Elizabeth & James in Wks. (1673) 514 He might have feathered his Family better than he did. 1753 T. Smollett Ferdinand Count Fathom I. xvi. 94 His spouse..was disposed to feather her own nest, at the expence of him and his heirs. 1876 F. E. Trollope Charming Fellow III. xii. 149 Maxfield has feathered his nest very considerably. < as lemmas |
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