单词 | to have a gust of |
释义 | > as lemmasto have a gust of b. Const. of, for, occasionally to, after, in, esp. in to have a gust of: to have a liking or relish for, or keen appreciation of. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > [verb (transitive)] > enter into enjoyment of > enjoy or revel in savoura1400 delighta1425 fain1483 to have, take felicity in or to1542 forage1593 batten1604 taste1605 to take out1609 to have a gust of1658 1658 Jer. Taylor in Evelyn's Mem. (1857) III. 105 I perceive your relish and gust of the things of the world goes off continually. 1660 R. Boyle New Exper. Physico-mechanicall Pref. 17 If you have a true gust for the Book you read. 1661 O. Felltham Resolves (rev. ed.) 251 When..the gust of pleasure which help'd him to mispend his youth, through time and Langui'd Age shall blunted be and dull? 1683 W. Kennett tr. Erasmus Witt against Wisdom 26 There are others..that have no gust in this sort of pleasure. 1691 E. Taylor J. Behmen's Theosophick Philos. 188 It takes away the desire, gust or lust after them. 1702 Eng. Theophrastus 312 There's a gust of liberty in the following of a man's humours. 1708 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1886) II. 120 A great obstructer of real Learning, and no true friend to any that have a gust for it. 1720 D. Defoe Mem. Cavalier 32 I had no Gust to Antiquities. 1769 J. Wallis Nat. Hist. Northumberland I. Pref. 8 Such as have a gust for anything Roman. 1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1777 II. 159 Johnson: Why, Sir, I never knew any one who had such a gust for London as you have. < as lemmas |
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