| 单词 | to keep bach |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto keep bach 1. U.S. slang. A bachelor; old bach, a confirmed bachelor. Also to keep bach for earlier to keep bachelor's hall (cf. hall n.1 11) = bach v. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > unmarried person(s) > unmarried man > [noun] bachelorc1386 bach1855 society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > unmarried person(s) > unmarried man > live as bachelor [verb (intransitive)] bachelorize1854 to keep bach1855 bach1870 society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > unmarried person(s) > unmarried man > [noun] > by choice old bachelor1630 celibataire1817 old bach1855 old bach1855 1855 Knickerbocker 45 158 The President was an ‘old bach.’ of some sixty-five summers. 1857 W. Chandless Visit Salt Lake ii. vi. 236 Mormons look upon a ‘bach’ with great suspicion..because they consider all men should marry. 1878 I. L. Bird Lady's Life Rocky Mts. (1879) ix. 157 A cabin..where two brothers and ‘a hired man’ were ‘keeping bach’. 1883 E. Eggleston Hoosier School-boy xvi. 106 Don't you know..any place where we could keep ‘bach’ together? 1904 W. N. Harben Georgians 188 I..thought now was the time fer me, old bach' that I am, to..show them ladies I'd been about. < as lemmas |
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