| 单词 | lion-hunter |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslion-hunter lion-hunter n. one who hunts lions; one who is given to lionizing celebrities. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > hunter > hunter of specific animal > [noun] > of other specific animals otterhunt1246 otter hunter1307 bear hunter?1707 sable-hunter1719 lion-hunter1829 dogger1890 kangarooer1909 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > [noun] > servile flatterer > of celebrities lion-huntress1828 lion-hunter1829 lionizer1829 1829 R. C. Sands Writings (1834) II. 199 During the interval..two lion-hunters..came into the box and introduced themselves. 1839 Penny Cycl. XIV. 32/1 [article Lion] The dangers and hair-breadth escapes of the lion-hunters. 1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes v. 315 These Lion-hunters were the ruin and death of Burns. [Cf. the name ‘Mrs. Leo Hunter’ in Dickens Pickwick (1837).] 1878 Athenæum 19 Jan. 81/2 Keats, the obscure medical student, who died before a single lion-hunter had found him out. < as lemmas |
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