| 单词 | to shake the pagoda-tree |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto shake the pagoda-tree 2. A mythical tree said to produce pagodas or gold coins (pagoda n. 3); (hence) a source of wealth. Esp. in to shake the pagoda-tree: (esp. during the 18th and early 19th centuries) to make a fortune rapidly in India. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > wealth > be rich [verb (intransitive)] > become rich gather?c1225 richa1375 purchasec1387 increasea1425 enrich1525 to feather one's nest1583 to make a, one's fortune1596 to make one's fortunea1616 fatten1638 accumulate1747 to fill one's pipe1821 to shake the pagoda-tree1825 pyramid1926 1825 T. Hook Sayings & Doings 2nd Ser. I. 74 Those olden times, in which the shaking of the pagoda-tree was an operation more generally performed..than in these modern days of moderation. 1862 G. A. Sala Seven Sons Mammon I. vii. 156 How could you coerce a man who had sat under the pagoda-tree until a golden apple had dropped on his nose, and imbued him with directorial gravity? 1870 Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 40 31 It is well known that no more productive ‘pagoda tree’ ever existed in China than the Yellow River. 1940 Econ. Hist. Rev. 10 141 From 1753 onwards.., the years of shaking the golden ‘pagoda-tree’ in Bengal and Madras, more and more Dutch capital poured into English East India stock. 1958 K. Glamann Dutch–Asiatic Trade 1620–1740 in Jrnl. Asian Stud. (1959) 18 381/2 A nearly historyless, evergreen pagoda-tree, whose golden fruits the Court of Directors had a monopoly of shaking into its turban at suitable intervals. 1995 Times (Nexis) 23 Sept. Having survived the enormous expatriate mortality of life in India in the 18th and early 19th centuries, they retired to England, having successfully ‘shaken the pagoda tree’ (ie, made their pile). < as lemmas |
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