| 单词 | his room is better than his company |
| 释义 | > as lemmashis (also her, etc.) room is better than his (also her, etc.) company b. Contrasted with company, in phrases denoting that the absence of a person is preferred to his or her presence, as his (also her, etc.) room is better than his (also her, etc.) company. Also in extended use. ΚΠ 1577 R. Stanyhurst Treat. Descr. Irelande ii. f. 7/2, in R. Holinshed Chron. I For such a scoffing prelate, hys rowme had bene better then his company. 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 645 Better his roome, than company (quoth ech one). 1647 T. Fuller Cause Wounded Conscience iv. 26 Preferring his roome, and declining his company, lest his sadnesse prove infectious to others. 1672 H. More Brief Reply 306 I must confess I had rather have their [sc. images] room than their Company. 1724 H. Jones Present State Virginia 53 Felons..whose Room they had much rather have than their Company. 1770 Placid Man II. 219 You would as lief have my room as my company. 1822 G. Colman Law of Java i. i. 11 But don't you think, Nunk, that the natives, here, would be better by your room, than your company? 1880 Adam & Eve 328 I'd rather have his room than his company. 1905 Agric. Gaz. New S. Wales 16 268 It is a smothering, rough, coarse plant, whose room is far better than its company. 1960 C. Read Lord Burghley & Queen Elizabeth xv. 288 She consequently preferred his room to his company. 1995 ‘Miss Read’ Year at Thrush Green 93 Seems that folk here prefer my room to my company. < as lemmas |
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