| 单词 | ideas man |
| 释义 | > as lemmasideas man ideas man n. (also idea man) [compare French homme d'idée intellectual (1832), homme à idées creative, inventive, or ingenious man (1935)] a creative, inventive, or ingenious man, a man who comes up with ideas. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > [noun] > creative ability or power > creative person ideas man1845 the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > inventive or creative faculty > [noun] > creator or inventor craftsmana1382 feigner1382 finderc1384 finder-upc1425 engineer?a1513 finder-out1534 inventor1555 conceiver1581 conceiter1603 conceitist1628 commenter1645 ideas man1845 think-man1967 1845 Chambers's Edinb. Jrnl. 8 Nov. 289/2 The shoulder in connexion with the wheel is constantly in requisition among the idea men. 1890 Bucks County (Pa.) Gaz. 20 Mar. 1/4 ‘Idea men’ are regularly hired at handsome salaries nowadays by several different classes of employers. 1938 ‘E. Queen’ Four of Hearts (1939) i. 10 You're an idea man, and that's what they pay off on in Hollywood. 1940 Ann. Reg. 1939 363 Bryan Wallace was appointed Ideas Man to the Government. 1954 A. Koestler Invisible Writing xxxi. 333 He looked like the nonchalant impresario and idea-man of the great Comintern variety show. 1998 J. Barnes England, Eng. (1999) 29 From small beginnings, he has risen like a meteor to great things. Entrepreneur, innovator, ideas man, arts patron, inner-city revitaliser. < as lemmas |
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