| 单词 | with a difference |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswith a difference P3. with a difference: with a new, unusual, or striking feature or treatment.In quot. 1813 with allusion to Ophelia's speech in Shakespeare's Hamlet (see quot. 1604 at sense 5c). ΚΠ 1813 Drakard's Paper 18 Dec. 390/2 Hayman is here a commentator, ‘with a difference’. 1844 Indiana State Sentinel (Indianapolis) 2 May 1/6 He now preaches Millerism with a difference. 1895 H. Spender Sign of Guillotine xix. 161 A captive with a difference—a captive for your own good. 1938 Cue 3 Dec. 41/2 You can order Crepes Bacchus... They're Crepes Suzette with a difference. 1975 Victoria (Brit. Columbia) Times 12 May 16 In Rome an enterprising countess has started a baby-sitting agency with a difference—the baby-sitters are grannies. 1997 M. J. Phillips-Matz Rosa Ponselle p. xxv This was a diva with a difference. 2013 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 10 July (Features section) 11 For a short break with a difference, Normandy is hard to beat. < as lemmas |
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