单词 | camel-swallower |
释义 | > as lemmascamel-swallower camel-swallower n. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > belief, trust, confidence > over-readiness to believe, credulity > [noun] > credulous person credulous1583 easy weener1604 credulist1616 swallow1625 crediblea1674 camel-swallower1802 gobemouche1818 swallower1821 unphilosopher1829 stiffy1965 1802 C. Wilmot Irish Peer on Continent (1920) 114 The Friar..was a delightful sketch of a wholesale camel swallower. He believed in the most extravagent miracles. 1840 C. H. Townshend Facts in Mesmerism 332 The gnat-strainers and camel-swallowers may be content to accept this story. < as lemmas |
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