| 单词 | wonder-man |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswonder-man wonder-man n. a wonder-worker; also in weakened sense, a man whose achievements are admired. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > admiration > [noun] > admired person wonder-man1883 bonzer1897 man1952 badman1954 motherfucker1958 motor scooter1960 the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > sorcerer or magician > [noun] > that works or performs wonders or miracles miraclera1425 miracle-worker1561 miracle-monger1584 mirabilist1599 wonder-worker1599 wonder-monger1612 wonderer1647 thaumaturge1715 thaumaturgus1730 thaumaturgist1829 wonder-man1883 miracle man1914 1883 J. S. Stallybrass tr. J. Grimm Teutonic Mythol. III. 1232 He was the greatest magician or wonder-man of them all. 1901 Daily News 9 Feb. 6/1 Cornelius Drebbel, ‘the wonder-man of Alkmaar’. 1933 Amer. Speech 8 iii. 39/2 Wonderman. Foreign fighters are often thus described [by sports writers]. 1935 P. G. Wodehouse Luck of Bodkins xv. 173 They get the idea that they are sort of wonder-men who can just look around and find talent where nobody else would suspect it. 1961 Catholic Herald 23 June 3/1 (heading) De Gaulle, hero and wonderman. 1962 A. Sampson Anat. Brit. xxvii. 450 In Whitehall he had the reputation of a wonderman, and had even been tipped by some as an eventual head of the Treasury. < as lemmas |
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