英语词汇“as horny as a goat”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

P1. In comparisons, similes, and proverbial phrases, esp. in as horny (also lecherous, randy, etc.) as a goat: very lascivious, extremely lustful; given to lechery or licentiousness. [With quot. 1604 compare post-classical Latin oculi caprearum eyes of goats (contrasted by Jerome with the proverbial blindness of moles).]

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OE Crist III 1230 Þær hy arasade reotað ond beofiað fore frean forhte, swa fule swa gæt, unsyfre folc, anra ne wenað.

c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Canon's Yeoman's Tale (Ellesmere) (1875) l. 886 For al the world they stynken as a goot Hir sauour is so rammyssh and so hoot.

1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iii. f. 144^v The Goate is able to engender at seuen monethes olde, being euen as lecherous as a Goate [L. quoniam immodicae libidinis est].

1604 A. Willet Limbo-mastix 35 One may well returne Hieromes words vpon you: You are toward others as blinde as a mole, toward him as sharpe sighted as a goate.

1699 J. Edwards Πολυποικιλος Σοϕια I. ii. 78 He is as sly and crafty as a Fox, as lustful and salacious as a Goat.

?1710 J. B. Amoret 8 Frolicks in Spring of Youth are things of nought; Tis true, she's wanton as a Goat, But Love, fierce Love, compells her to it.

1777 H. Man Trifler III. lii. 144 Don't you see, proceed the impostors, that he looks as sleek as a young roe—that he frisks about like a ram—and that he is as lascivious as a goat?

1822 Morning Chron. 2 Oct. 3/1 If the President of the United States of America were to be as lascivious as a goat, his propensities could not by possibility influence the nation.

1847 Countess of Blessington Marmaduke Herbert 93 She who knew every path, every step about the cottage, and was as sure-footed as a goat.

1948 C. Rice Big Midget Murders vi. 51 Ned only met this girl yesterday, and when I ran into him at the Casino last night, he was drunk as a goat.

1997 New Yorker 17 Feb. 52/3 He is randy as a goat and pathetic as a child; incontinently garrulous; impossibly selfish.

2002 New Statesman (Nexis) 6 May Our heroine..has a child but no husband, a lodger who is as horny as a goat, a sumptuous abode, and scant friends.

单词	as horny as a goat
释义	> as lemmas as horny (also lecherous, randy, etc.) as a goat P1. In comparisons, similes, and proverbial phrases, esp. in as horny (also lecherous, randy, etc.) as a goat: very lascivious, extremely lustful; given to lechery or licentiousness. [With quot. 1604 compare post-classical Latin oculi caprearum eyes of goats (contrasted by Jerome with the proverbial blindness of moles).] ΚΠ OE Crist III 1230 Þær hy arasade reotað ond beofiað fore frean forhte, swa fule swa gæt, unsyfre folc, anra ne wenað. c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Canon's Yeoman's Tale (Ellesmere) (1875) l. 886 For al the world they stynken as a goot Hir sauour is so rammyssh and so hoot. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iii. f. 144^v The Goate is able to engender at seuen monethes olde, being euen as lecherous as a Goate [L. quoniam immodicae libidinis est]. 1604 A. Willet Limbo-mastix 35 One may well returne Hieromes words vpon you: You are toward others as blinde as a mole, toward him as sharpe sighted as a goate. 1699 J. Edwards Πολυποικιλος Σοϕια I. ii. 78 He is as sly and crafty as a Fox, as lustful and salacious as a Goat. ?1710 J. B. Amoret 8 Frolicks in Spring of Youth are things of nought; Tis true, she's wanton as a Goat, But Love, fierce Love, compells her to it. 1777 H. Man Trifler III. lii. 144 Don't you see, proceed the impostors, that he looks as sleek as a young roe—that he frisks about like a ram—and that he is as lascivious as a goat? 1822 Morning Chron. 2 Oct. 3/1 If the President of the United States of America were to be as lascivious as a goat, his propensities could not by possibility influence the nation. 1847 Countess of Blessington Marmaduke Herbert 93 She who knew every path, every step about the cottage, and was as sure-footed as a goat. 1948 C. Rice Big Midget Murders vi. 51 Ned only met this girl yesterday, and when I ran into him at the Casino last night, he was drunk as a goat. 1997 New Yorker 17 Feb. 52/3 He is randy as a goat and pathetic as a child; incontinently garrulous; impossibly selfish. 2002 New Statesman (Nexis) 6 May Our heroine..has a child but no husband, a lodger who is as horny as a goat, a sumptuous abode, and scant friends. extracted from goatn.adj. < as lemmas
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