英语词汇“lord of all one surveys”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

i. lord of all one surveys (and variants): a person who has complete power, control, or pre-eminence, esp. within a certain sphere or area; also in extended use.The phrase probably derives from W. Cowper: see quot. 1782 at monarch n.¹ 1b.

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1818 N. Amer. Rev. Jan. 173 The arrival of Dora, the daughter of this ‘lord of all he surveyed’.

1834 New Sporting Mag. Feb. 255/1 Living at my Club at the rate of £3,000 a year.., fancying myself lord of all I survey.

1881 London Jrnl. 19 Feb. 125/1 Elsie would remain at Stanmere, lord of all she surveyed.

1922 H. W. Myers Western Birds 298 If one may judge by the actions of the Western Mockingbird he feels that he is rightful lord of all he surveys.

1996 C. Higson Getting Rid of Mr Kitchen iv. 52 There I sat, lord of all I surveyed. The king in his castle, the dog in his kennel.

单词	lord of all one surveys
释义	> as lemmas lord of all one surveys i. lord of all one surveys (and variants): a person who has complete power, control, or pre-eminence, esp. within a certain sphere or area; also in extended use.The phrase probably derives from W. Cowper: see quot. 1782 at monarch n.¹ 1b. ΚΠ 1818 N. Amer. Rev. Jan. 173 The arrival of Dora, the daughter of this ‘lord of all he surveyed’. 1834 New Sporting Mag. Feb. 255/1 Living at my Club at the rate of £3,000 a year.., fancying myself lord of all I survey. 1881 London Jrnl. 19 Feb. 125/1 Elsie would remain at Stanmere, lord of all she surveyed. 1922 H. W. Myers Western Birds 298 If one may judge by the actions of the Western Mockingbird he feels that he is rightful lord of all he surveys. 1996 C. Higson Getting Rid of Mr Kitchen iv. 52 There I sat, lord of all I surveyed. The king in his castle, the dog in his kennel. extracted from lordn.int. < as lemmas
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