| 单词 | to make oneself rare |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto make oneself rare b. Of a person: seldom appearing or seen. Frequently in phrase to make oneself rare. ΘΚΠ the world > time > frequency > infrequency > [adjective] > (of person or agent) that acts infrequently rarea1500 infrequent1722 episodical1823 a1500 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi (Trin. Dublin) (1893) 9 (MED) Be rare [L. rarus] amonge yonge peple & straunge folkes. 1785 W. Cowper Task ii. 383 Frequent in Park with lady at his side,..But rare at home. 1825 Husband Hunting I. vii. 67 Where have you been hiding yourself?.. Did you think the world was weary of you, and so resolved to make yourself rare? 1931 San Antonio (Texas) Light 5 Apr. iv. 2/1 Make yourself rare around here. Go out and play golf. 2003 L. Gregerson in R. Dutton & J. E. Howard Compan. Shakespeare's Wks. II. xi. 258 Bolingbroke the king makes himself rare, so as to seem more kingly. < as lemmas |
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