释义 |
take a shine to, to take a shine to take a fancy to; develop a liking for. informalSee also: shine, take take a shine to Informal To like spontaneously.See also: shine, taketake a shine to, toTo develop a liking for something or someone. The origin of this nineteenth-century American colloquialism, first appearing in print in 1839, has been lost. Nevertheless, it remains current, mostly in America. L. Meynell used it in Papersnake (1978): “He took a shine to you.”See also: shine, take |