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单词 lotus-eater
释义 lotus-eater
Also lotos-.
a. One of the Lotophagi.
b. transf. One who gives himself up to dreamy and luxurious ease.
1832Tennyson (title) The Lotos-eaters.1838Thirlwall Greece II. xii. 95 The fable of the Lotus-eaters.1847W. E. Forster 27 Aug. in T. W. Reid Life (1888) I. vii. 209 He [Carlyle] is busy sleeping, and declares himself lazy as a lotos-eater.1856R. A. Vaughan Mystics (1860) I. 22 So those spiritual Lotos-eaters will only..hearken what the inner spirit sings, There is no joy but calm.1893Times 30 Dec. 9/3 A summer like that of 1893 may be all very well for the lotus-eater, but is a calamity to people who have to get their living out of English land.
Similarly lotus-eating vbl. n. and ppl. a. Hence (as a back-formation) lotus-eat v. intr.
1861Wilson & Geikie Mem. E. Forbes vi. 165 Day⁓dreaming and such Lotus-eating idleness as befits the intellectual Castle of Indolence.1883F. M. Crawford Mr. Isaacs 5 The attractive waters of lotus-eating Saratoga.1898W. J. Locke Idols v. 64 ‘What have you been doing with yourself all this time?’ she said... ‘Oh, Lotus-eating, generally,’ he replied.1911Glory of Clementina Wing xv. 211 The week had evidently passed pleasantly for Quixtus... He was lotus eating.1972J. Potter Going West 60 Every dream fades. If he drank and lotus-ate, he would think.1973‘B. Mather’ Snowline xix. 231 Hippies..come here..from Bombay—lotus-eat for a month..and off they go.
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