单词 | hard-living |
释义 | > as lemmashard-living hard-living adj. that lives or can survive in harsh conditions or circumstances; (now usually) that lives recklessly or without moderation. ΚΠ 1833 W. C. Brownlee Whigs of Scotl. I. 185 They're a hard-living, plodding, opinionative, mischief-brewing race of men. 1896 H. Sutcliffe Eleventh Commandment ii. 20 The old Squire was known to half the county: a hard-swearing, hard-living, hard-riding man. 1946 A. Koestler Thieves in Night i. ii. 9 The thorny, rather tasteless fruit of the cactus, grown on arid earth, tough, hard-living, scant. 2010 Independent 14 Sept. 3/1 The one-time hardliving star accepted the leading role of a mafia hitman in a film financed by Saadi. < as lemmas |
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