| 单词 | apple-eating |
| 释义 | > as lemmasapple-eating apple-eating adj. that eats or is inclined to eat apples; also figurative and allusive. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > attraction, allurement, or enticement > [adjective] > tempting > tempted > able to be > easily apple-eating1620 1620 J. Melton Astrologaster 53 Foolish, credulous, and Appleeating women will believe them. ?1772 Egg, or Mem. Gregory Giddy vii. 44 What a smart well made lord..despair of conquering a tender hearted daughter of the apple eating eve..; no, no, never fear but take my word for it, all women may be won. 1825 E. Smooth Child of Nature 16 Next through each darksome age they ply, The shafts of erring destiny, From apple-eating man. 1843 T. Wilson Pitman's Pay 145 Please the eye and glad the heart Of many an apple-eating boy. 1935 Times 21 June 18/1 A small apple-eating animal might, he said, be a definition of a boy. 2005 Guardian (Nexis) 16 Dec. (Review section) 38 Its lyrics are full of vivid images—Orton depicts herself as an ‘apple-eating heathen, a rib-stealing Eve’. < as lemmas |
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