| 单词 | jack sprat |
| 释义 | > as lemmasJack Sprat Jack Sprat n. (a) a small or insignificant person (obsolete (English regional (Somerset) in later use)); (b) a thin person, or one who does not eat fat (chiefly U.S.). [In sense (b), with allusion to the nursery rhyme: 1670 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Prov. 211 Jack Sprat he loved no fat, and his wife she lov'd no lean: And yet betwixt them both, they lick't the platters clean. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily height > shortness > [noun] > person dwarfeOE congeonc1230 go-by-ground?a1300 smalla1300 shrimpc1386 griga1400 gruba1400 murche1440 nirvil1440 mitinga1450 witherling1528 wretchocka1529 elf1530 hop-o'-my-thumb1530 pygmy1533 little person1538 manikin1540 mankin1552 dandiprat1556 yrle1568 grundy1570 Jack Sprat1570 squall1570 manling1573 Tom Thumb1579 pinka1585 squib1586 screaling1594 giant-dwarf1598 twattle1598 agate1600 minimus1600 cock sparrow1602 dapperling1611 modicum1611 scrub1611 sesquipedalian1615 dwarflinga1618 wretchcock1641 homuncio1643 whip-handle1653 homuncule1656 whippersnapper1674 chitterling1675 sprite1684 carliea1689 urling1691 wirling1691 dwarf man1699 poppet1699 durgan1706 short-arse1706 tomtit1706 Lilliputian1726 wallydraigle1736 midge1757 minikin1761 squeeze-crab1785 minimum1796 niff-naff1808 titman1818 teetotum1822 squita1825 cradden1825 nyaff1825 weed1825 pinkeen1850 fingerling1864 Lilliput1867 thumbling1867 midget1869 inch1884 shorty1888 titch1888 skimpling1890 stub1890 scrap1898 pygmoid1922 lofty1933 peewee1935 smidgen1952 pint-size1954 pint-sized1973 munchkin1974 1570 Mariage Witte & Sci. iv. i. sig. Ciiiv Hard you euer such a counsell of such a Iacke sprot? 1648 Mercurius Anti-mercurius sig. A Every Jack-sprat that hath but a pen in his ink-horn is ready to gather up the Excrements of the Kingdom. 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Jack-sprat, a Dwarf, or very little Fellow, a Hop-on-my-thumb. 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 78. ¶9 We [sc. the words Who and Which] are descended of ancient Families, and kept up our Dignity and Honour many Years, till the Jacksprat That supplanted us. 1881 Miss Montgomery-Campbell Amico's Little Girl 189 I trust Mima may find a more worthy Romeo, though not a Jack Sprat, for her powers of manducation will, if you will pardon the quotation, be perfectly equal to ‘licking’ any ‘platter clean’ unassisted. 1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. at Jack-sprat What, thick little Jack-sprat of a fellow! why he idn no higher'n a twopenny loav! 1951 N.Y. Times 3 Jan. 24/4 A Jack Sprat tendency among consumers—less willingness to buy lard. 1992 Daily News (Huntingdon, Pa.) 19 Nov. 17/7 Is it possible to be a Jack Sprat—and still have a tasty Thanksgiving dinner? 2004 H. Fearnley-Whittingstall River Cottage Meat Bk. v. 102 An underused and underrated cut, the breast..is admittedly not ideally suited to the Jack Sprats of this world, being undeniably fatty. < as lemmas |
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