| 单词 | village pump |
| 释义 | > as lemmasvillage pump village pump n. a village's communal water pump; frequently used allusively (cf. parish pump n.). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > lake > pool > [noun] > well water piteOE wellOE pitOE pulkc1300 draw-wellc1410 draught-wellc1440 winchc1440 brine-well1594 salt spring1601 sump1680 pump well1699 spout-well1710 sump hole1754 pit-well1756 sink1804 bucket-well1813 artesian well1829 shallow well1877 dip-well1894 garland-well1897 village pump1925 the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > of little importance or trivial > types of little1440 one-horse1853 village pump1925 trivia1968 1925 V. Woolf Common Reader 112 The talk of old women round the village pump. 1953 G. E. Fussell & K. R. Fussell Eng. Countrywoman vi. Plate 48 (caption) The village pump at Fressingfield, Suffolk: still used. 1955 G. Gorer Exploring Eng. Char. iv. 61 What a 20-year-old Hereford student calls ‘the proverbial “village pump” attitude and conflicts’ seems to bedevil the life of many. 1978 Listener 6 July 27/2 Officially, the village of Montaillou was subject to the bailiff of the local count of Foix... But Professor Ladurie is able to tell us about the exercise..of authority at the level of the village pump. < as lemmas |
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