单词 | harem-bred |
释义 | > as lemmasharem-bred b. Locative (chiefly in senses 1a and 2a), as harem-born, harem-bred, harem-dwelling, etc. ΚΠ 1851 Morning Post 22 Aug. 4/2 The harem-bred princes who fill both these Musnuds have been brought up with high notions of their individual importance to the world's destinies. 1892 Idler Dec. 611 Had these harem-born ones..the hearts of even the dogs who were their fathers, you would not have been here. 1942 Times Lit. Suppl. 21 Feb. 93/2 A highly romantic story of a young harem-bred French girl's adventures in the pursuit of freedom. 1963 S. H. Longrigg Middle East ix. 213 The Turk as a truculent, water-pipe-smoking, harem-dwelling murderer of Armenians. 1980 L. Fishelson in J. E. Bardach et al. Fish Behavior 284 Roberson described Labroides dimidiatus as harem-living and sex-reversing. 2013 C. Emmerson 1913 iii. 314 A harem-born daughter of a former Shah. < as lemmas |
随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。