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单词 lotus eater
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Definition of lotus eater in English:

lotus eater

nounˈləʊtəs iːtəˈloʊdəs ˌidər
Greek Mythology
  • 1A member of a people represented by Homer as living in a state of dreamy forgetfulness and idleness as a result of eating the fruit of the lotus plant.

    on arrival at the land of the lotus eaters, Odysseus sends out a reconnaissance party
    1. 1.1 A person who spends their time indulging in pleasure and luxury rather than dealing with practical concerns.
      life as a lotus eater in sunny climes appears to be well and truly over
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Ennui would set in, as we sophisticated consumers became modern-day lotus-eaters, hooked on channel surfing and material comforts.
      • And, in a normal world, this would be an amusing sign of how good we lotus-eaters have it.
      • And look who they're for: not the lotus-eaters, but everyday folk.
      • The other guests were European, and could be loosely categorised as lotus-eaters.
      • Of course, with cable TV bringing into Indian drawing rooms visions of myriad destinations for everyone from lotus-eaters, the culture-buffs, and the backpackers, folks want to do a great deal more than armchair travelling.

Derivatives

  • lotus-eating

  • noun & adjective
    • It's all very well being cool in the lotus-eating time of youth.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The author evolves a wonderfully aimless routine of late-century lotus-eating for his characters, none of whom have any particular reason for being in Paris stronger than the need to be away from some particular other place.
      • He lived with these Indians for some years, searching for diamonds in the beds of jungle streams and greatly enjoying the potent mixture of lotus-eating and spartan endurance that was his lot in the grandiose diamond country.
      • His Aman resorts are best known as tropical havens of lotus-eating luxury, pleasure domes of extreme relaxation.
      • The other is a lotus-eating exercise in futurology and speculative metaphysics that sometimes left me breathless and sometimes made my flesh creep.
 
 

Definition of lotus eater in US English:

lotus eater

nounˈlōdəs ˌēdərˈloʊdəs ˌidər
Greek Mythology
  • 1A member of a people represented by Homer as living in a state of dreamy forgetfulness and idleness as a result of eating the fruit of the lotus plant.

    on arrival at the land of the lotus eaters, Odysseus sends out a reconnaissance party
    1. 1.1 A person who spends their time indulging in pleasure and luxury rather than dealing with practical concerns.
      life as a lotus eater in sunny climes appears to be well and truly over
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The other guests were European, and could be loosely categorised as lotus-eaters.
      • Of course, with cable TV bringing into Indian drawing rooms visions of myriad destinations for everyone from lotus-eaters, the culture-buffs, and the backpackers, folks want to do a great deal more than armchair travelling.
      • Ennui would set in, as we sophisticated consumers became modern-day lotus-eaters, hooked on channel surfing and material comforts.
      • And look who they're for: not the lotus-eaters, but everyday folk.
      • And, in a normal world, this would be an amusing sign of how good we lotus-eaters have it.
 
 
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