| 单词 | a beast of a |
| 释义 | > as lemmasa beast of a —— P3. a beast of a ——: an exceedingly difficult (also bad, good, large, etc.) ——. ΚΠ 1826 W. Hazlitt Notes Journey through France & Italy x. 129 Paris is a beast of a city to be in—to those who cannot get out of it. 1843 T. C. Grattan Julie Corryeur ii. 9/1 It is lucky enough, child, that you recollected that great beast of a letter. 1878 W. S. Gilbert H.M.S. Pinafore 1 It's a beast of a name, ain't it—Dick Deadeye? 1898 Westm. Gaz. 4 May 2/2 I've had a beast of a time. 1932 J. Masefield Coll. Poems 6 It blew like the Bull of Barney, a beast of a breeze. 1961 E. K. Gann Fate is Hunter xii. 245 [He] landed without scratching the staggering beast of an airplane. 1999 New Musical Express 30 Oct. 18/4 One big, doped-up beast of a record. 2014 T. Hoyle Spiders xxxii. 251 I remember taking pipes into the place. Bloody great things. And then a turbine. Beast of a job. < as lemmas |
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