| 单词 | amusement-seeker |
| 释义 | > as lemmasamusement-seeker b. With participles, agent nouns, and verbal nouns, forming compounds in which amusement expresses the object of the underlying verb, as in amusement-lover, amusement-seeker, amusement-loving, amusement-seeking, etc. ΚΠ 1748 S. Richardson Let. 15 Dec. (1964) 116 The Inattention of Story-Lovers and Amusement-Seekers will not suffer half of those Lessons..to be observed. 1850 T. Carter Contin. Mem. Working Man iv. 105 A fellow-workman, whom I will venture to call The Amusement Hunter. 1898 Daily News 8 Sept. 5/1 It may surprise old amusement lovers to learn that one of the original troupe of Christy Minstrels..is still alive. 1906 Bungalow Dec. 4/2 The Tivoli..caters for the amusement-loving people. 1992 Atlantic Dec. 80/2 What excuse have you, anyhow, for turning out flimsy, shallow, amusement-seeking creatures? < as lemmas |
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