| 单词 | to have a thing about |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto have a thing about e. colloquial. A preoccupation, obsession, or neurosis (about something); a predilection or passion for something or someone. Frequently in to have a thing about. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > fear of particular things > fear a particular thing or things [verb (intransitive)] to have a thing about1936 the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > bias, prejudice > judge prematurely [verb (intransitive)] > feel prejudice warpa1616 to have a thing about1936 1936 ‘J. Tey’ Shilling for Candles xix. 201 You got a ‘thing’ about astrology? 1938 D. Smith Dear Octopus ii. i. 59 It's one of my things like turning bath-taps off. 1940 N. Mitford Pigeon Pie ii. 25 I nearly fainted. I can't bear knees, I've got a thing about them. 1967 T. Wolfe in N.Y. Mag. 29 Jan. 6/1 The plainclothes men are beginning to pick up on all that, but they still fog up on the shoes. The heads have a thing about the shoes straight people wear. 1988 G. Swift Out of this World 80 She was an independent girl with a thing about older..men. 1994 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 19 June 19/5 Sally Beaumann clearly has a thing for fat books. 2006 Cosmopolitan (U.K. ed.) Aug. 229/2 I'd had a thing for my friend Jon since I'd met him two years earlier, but because we were part of a group of friends, we'd done nothing more than flirt. < as lemmas |
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