| 单词 | costa del crime |
| 释义 | > as lemmasCosta del Crime As the first element in various invented place names indicating a Spanish or Spanish-like holiday resort; esp. (a) a place having (pretensions to) the qualities, ambience, etc., of a Spanish coastal resort, as Costa Cornwall; (b) a Spanish coastal area supposedly characterized in some way by the feature or quality suggested by the second element, as Costa Geriatrica, Costa del Crime, etc.In quot. 1964 with reference to a bomb disposal operation in Garrucha, Spain, which is likened to the British television series Thunderbirds. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > place of resort > [noun] to-draughta1400 repair1423 repairing1487 resorting place1525 common house1537 resort1565 place (also house) of repairc1595 purlieu1611 howff1711 crib1819 joint1821 hang-out1852 costa1964 1964 Daily Mirror 4 Feb. 17 (headline) Ssh! I'm listening for the geigers along the Costa del Thunderbirds. 1968 Guardian 24 Oct. 5/5 The Clyde coast should stop masquerading as the Costa Clyde. 1981 Sunday Tel. 1 Nov. 19/3 The Anglicised northern Costa Geriatrica of caravans and chip shops and pubs. 1984 Daily Tel. 30 Nov. 21/7 Life goes on as before for the wanted men on the 40-mile Mediterranean coastal strip from Malaga to Marbella, which has been dubbed the ‘Costa del Crime’. 1986 Listener 6 Feb. 42/2 A discount holiday—two weeks to the Costa Cheapo. 2010 Irish Times 15 May (Travel Suppl.) 10 (heading) Costa Cornwall. < as lemmas |
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