| 单词 | halfworld |
| 释义 | > as lemmashalf-world half-world n. (a) a hemisphere; (b) a group of people on the fringes of mainstream or traditional society; the demimonde; (also occasionally) a sphere of activity or life considered to fall between, or partially outside, others. ΘΠ the world > the earth > region of the earth > hemisphere > [noun] hemisphere1555 society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > the lowest class > [noun] > persons of the lowest class (collectively) chenaille1340 offal?a1425 putaylea1425 ribaldail1489 abject1526 offscouring1526 dreg1531 outsweeping1535 braggery1548 ribaldry1550 raff1557 sink1574 cattle1579 offscum1579 rabble1579 baggagery1589 scum1590 waste1592 menialty1593 baggage1603 froth1603 refuse1603 tag-rag1609 retriment1615 trasha1616 recrement1622 silts1636 garbage1648 riffle-raffle1668 raffle1670 riff-raff1678 scurf1688 mob1693 scouring1721 ribble-rabble1771 sweeping1799 clamjamphrie1816 ragabash1823 scruff1836 residuum1851 talent1882 a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) ii. i. l. 49 Now o're the one halfe World Nature seemes dead. 1866 W. D. Howells Venetian Life xvii. 260 The night's whole half-world. 1870 D. J. Kirwan Palace & Hovel xliii. 613 ‘Baby Hamilton’ is another celebrity of the Half-World. Many stories are told about the recklessness of this girl. 1874 Porcupine 21 Feb. 742/1 Those moral magistrates who have so distinctly set their faces against Cremorne and other outdoor haunts of the ‘half-world’. 1950 A. Lomax Mister Jelly Roll 185 Linking the folk-jazz half-world to the super-respectable and stuffy world of the music business. 1972 Times 6 Apr. 7/5 Away from his chosen half-world, Munby's social life was passed in the first literary and artistic circles of his day. 2013 Observer (Nexis) 2 June (Review section) 25 He's stuck in a murky half-world on the edge of civilisation. half-world half-world n. hemisphere; the demi-monde; also transf. ΚΠ a1616 Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) ii. i. 49 Now o're the one halfe World Nature seemes dead. View more context for this quotation 1866 W. D. Howells Venetian Life xvii. 260 The night's whole half-world. 1870 D. J. Kirwan Palace & Hovel xliii. 613 ‘Baby Hamilton’ is another celebrity of the Half-World. Many stories are told about the recklessness of this girl. 1874 Porcupine 21 Feb. 742/1 Those moral magistrates who have so distinctly set their faces against Cremorne and other outdoor haunts of the ‘half-world’. 1881 Daily Tel. 3 Feb. The endless intrigues of the ‘half-world’. 1950 A. Lomax Mister Jelly Roll 185 Linking the folk-jazz half-world to the super-respectable and stuffy world of the music business. 1972 Times 6 Apr. 7/5 Away from his chosen half-world, Munby's social life was passed in the first literary and artistic circles of his day. < as lemmas |
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