| 单词 | freak-storm |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfreak-storm freak-storm; freak-doing adj.; also quasi-adj. to denote something abnormal or capriciously irregular; freak show n. at a fair, etc.: a sideshow featuring freaks (sense 4b). ΘΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > unconformity > abnormality > [adjective] enorm?1518 enormousa1533 enormious1604 exorbitant1607 erratical1646 wanton1743 anormal1812 abnormal1817 freak-storm1898 society > leisure > entertainment > place of amusement or entertainment > fairground or amusement park > [noun] > other side-shows poppy-show1691 hall of mirrors1789 peep show1851 funhouse1920 freak show1939 Wall of Death1946 1862 R. H. Patterson Ess. Hist. & Art 470 The freak-doing Aswins. 1887 E. R. Pennell in Contemp. Rev. Mar. 400 (note) What I should call penny peep, or rather freak, shows. 1898 Daily News 17 Mar. 6/5 ‘The yellow kid’, a personification of ‘freak’ or sensational journalism. 1907 Westm. Gaz. 26 Sept. 7/2 The boats which have been built for this race of recent years are freak boats pure and simple. 1907 Daily Chron. 5 Oct. 4/4 Conditions in America seem particularly favourable to the propagation of freak religions. 1908 Westm. Gaz. 7 Mar. 8/1 The production of freak fruits, such as white blackberries..and seedless oranges. 1928 Observer 29 July 19/2 But with freak distributions of cards which justify high bidding, doubles that look sound often come ‘unstuck’. 1939 G. Greene Lawless Roads i. 30 A freak show in a little booth. 1951 R. Campbell Light on Dark Horse x. 141 These Berghens take a delight in freak-flying. 1963 Times 8 May 16/3 The freaker the hands before the goulash the more normal the distribution after the redeal. 1968 A. Taylor Honour in Shallow Cup i. 8 They'd been having freak storms there. < as lemmas |
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