单词 | bright-eyed and bushy-tailed |
释义 | > as lemmasbright-eyed and bushy-tailed colloquial (originally U.S.) bright-eyed and bushy-tailed: alert and enthusiastic; energetic; eager. [With reference to a conventional description of the squirrel (compare quot. 1860).] ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adjective] > brisk or active sprindeOE whata1000 braga1350 prestc1390 yarea1400 stirringc1400 startingc1440 actious1441 actuala1470 activea1522 queemc1540 skeetc1540 lively1567 alive-like1582 pragmatical1590 spruce1590 agilious1599 brisk1599 sprightly?c1599 brisky1600 alives-like1601 alacrious1602 smart1602 eyebright1603 whisking1611 deedy1615 vibrant1616 sprunt1631 perking1653 alert1654 exilient1654 alacrative1657 eveillé1676 budge1691 jaunty1705 spry1746 sprack1747 alive1748 high-geared1795 rash1805 spicy1828 live1830 deedful1834 yary1855 sprucy1858 alacritous1859 sprackish1882 brash1884 up-and-coming1889 up and doing1901 loose1907 bright-eyed and bushy-tailed1936 buzzy1978 1860 Autobiogr. Frank xvii. 156 A bright-eyed, bushy-tailed, pert young squirrel.] 1936 San Francisco Examiner 25 Jan. 24/3 Dead-tired or bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, Saunders is no man to take lightly. He's a doer. 1975 Latin Amer. 5 Sept. 275/3 Arthur Schlesinger returns to..defending the bright-eyed and bushy-tailed spirit in which he first proposed the Alliance for Progress. 2018 News Let. (Belfast) (Nexis) 14 Feb. My job requires me to be as bright-eyed and bushy-tailed at the beginning of the day as the end, so I try to take care of myself. < as lemmas |
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