英语词汇“to have a big eye”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

1. Caribbean and in African-American usage. to have a (also the) big eye and variants: to be covetous or greedy.

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the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > inordinate or excessive desire > [noun] > inordinate desire of possessions > an inordinate desire for possessions

concupiscencec1384

concupiscency1608

big-eye1821

1821 J. F. Cooper Spy I. x. 161 ‘It must have been the money that disturbed him.’.. ‘I nebber tink Johnny Birch had such big eye,’ said the African.

1889 Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. 2 533 B' Spider 'e did have such a big eye; 'e did vwant all de bananas.

1950 Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. xiv. 14 He got de big eye, he wants more than his share.

1999 J. Arnott Long Firm ii. 94 Ogungbe is a very ambitious young man. He has, as we say here, got a big eye.

单词	to have a big eye
释义	> as lemmas to have a (also the) big eye 1. Caribbean and in African-American usage. to have a (also the) big eye and variants: to be covetous or greedy. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > inordinate or excessive desire > [noun] > inordinate desire of possessions > an inordinate desire for possessions concupiscencec1384 concupiscency1608 big-eye1821 1821 J. F. Cooper Spy I. x. 161 ‘It must have been the money that disturbed him.’.. ‘I nebber tink Johnny Birch had such big eye,’ said the African. 1889 Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. 2 533 B' Spider 'e did have such a big eye; 'e did vwant all de bananas. 1950 Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. xiv. 14 He got de big eye, he wants more than his share. 1999 J. Arnott Long Firm ii. 94 Ogungbe is a very ambitious young man. He has, as we say here, got a big eye. extracted from big-eyeadj.n. < as lemmas
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