| 单词 | common fame |
| 释义 | > as lemmascommon fame common fame n. what is generally said or reported; popular rumour; cf. common fame is seldom to blame at Phrases 4. ΚΠ a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 285 Longe aftirward, as comyn fame telleþ, a woman þat was quene of Fraunce..wedded a bocher. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. clxxxxviii. f. cxixv As ye common fame telleth This murder [i.e. the St Brice's Day massacre] began..at a lytell towne in Harteforde Shyre..called Welewynn or Welwynn. 1625 S. Turner Let. 16 Mar. in W. B. Bidwell & M. Jansson Proc. Parl. 1626 (1992) II. 317/1 I did deliver in certain accusations of common fame into the House of Parliament against my Lord Admiral. 1710 E. Ward Nuptial Dialogues & Deb. I. 214 Why therefore should you judge so hardly by her, Since common Fame is but a common Lyar. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 581 How important it is that common fame, however strong and general, should not be received as a legal proof of guilt. 2014 Esquire (U.K. ed.) (Nexis) Jan. This is Hollywood as the city of sin, an early laboratory in the corrosive effects of common fame. < as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。