单词 | good-for-little |
释义 | > as lemmasgood-for-little good-for-little adj. now rare that is of little use, virtually useless; cf. good-for-nothing adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > of little importance or trivial > types of > other minor1612 good-for-little1724 micrological1847 1724 D. Defoe Tour Great Brit. I. ii. 49 The Town..has it self an ill repair'd, dangerous, and good for little Harbour and Peir. 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa IV. xxxvi. 206 The trisyllables, and the rumblers of syllables more than three, are but the good for little magnates. 1896 Academy 18 July 47/2 Jim Conrad..is but an idle and good-for-little hero after all. 1919 J. Masefield Reynard the Fox (1920) 91 Mike, their good-for-little son. < as lemmas |
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