| 单词 | gold-hunger |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgold-hunger gold-hunger n. intense desire for gold; cf. gold fever n., gold mania n. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > desire for specific things > [noun] > for gold gold thirst1615 gold-hunger1652 1652 H. L'Estrange Americans No Iewes 64 Being still whetted and sharpned on with Gold-hunger, their sword devoured many Myriades of the Americans. 1872 Pall Mall Gaz. 5 Mar. 10/2 The gold-hunger in the faces of the pair, the reflection of the glittering dross lighting the dull eyes. 1950 Mnemosyne 3 317 Seneca inveighs against the gold-hunger of many persons. What, he asks, induces people to plunge into the inside of the earth in order to dig gold. 2014 Guardian (Nexis) 22 Feb. 16 A potent illustration of just how far the vortex of Viking gold-hunger could reach. < as lemmas |
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