| 单词 | man of substance |
| 释义 | > as lemmasman (also person, woman) of substance a. Of a person: possessing substantial means; well-to-do, wealthy. Chiefly of good (also great) substance, and man (also person, woman) of substance. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > wealth > rich or wealthy [phrase] > well off well at easec1330 of substance?a1439 at rack and (at) mangera1500 in good case1560 well to live1568 well and warmc1571 well to pass in the worlda1609 inlaid1699 in easy circumstancesa1704 well to do in the world1805 stouth and routh1816 quids in1919 a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) iv. l. 394 Ther was oon..Callid Camyllus, a lord of gret substaunce. 1495–6 in Hist. MSS Comm.: Rep. MSS Var. Coll. (1907) IV. 211 in Parl. Papers (Cd. 3218) LXIV. 1 Suche inhabitantes of grete substans. ?1507 W. Dunbar Tua Mariit Wemen (Rouen) in Poems (1998) I. 50 That syre of substance. a1525 ( Coventry Leet Bk. (1908) II. 435 The Comien Counceill of þe Cite & other persones of substaunce. 1553 T. Paynell tr. St. Augustine 12 Serm. ix. sig. G.viij Many..marye wemen of more nobilitie and substance, then they themselues be. 1600 H. Roberts Haigh for Deuonshire To Rdr. sig. A4 There was dwelling neer, and in the renowned City of Exeter, Totnes, Plymouth, Barnestable, and Tyuerton, many [merchants] of great substance. 1681 in Pennsylvania Arch. (1852) I. 38 Men of substance and reputation. 1716 W. Hawkins Treat. Pleas Crown I. xlii. 109 The marrying a Woman of Substance by Force, and other Offences of the like Nature, were made Felonies by 3 H7. 2. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones II. vii. x. 127 I had provided her a proper Match, a sober Man, and one of Substance . View more context for this quotation 1840 W. M. Thackeray Catherine xxii Hayes's father was reported to be a man of some substance. 1869 R. D. Blackmore Lorna Doone I. i. 2 My father being of good substance, at least as we reckon in Exmoor. 1882 Harper's Mag. Mar. 550/1 The administrator..has..various lands and casitas of his own—a person of substance, in fact. 1934 Times 3 Oct. 5/6 Wilson was represented as a man of considerable substance, with a suite at the Ritz Hotel. 1969 N.Y. Mag. 29 Sept. 29/3 The stylish woman of substance seemed relieved that she had been accepted. 2002 Western Morning News (Plymouth) (Nexis) 14 Nov. 5 He was a man of substance but never one for flashing his wealth around. < as lemmas |
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