| 单词 | man-mountain |
| 释义 | > as lemmasman-mountain man-mountain n. [in quot. 1726 used contextually as a name for Gulliver by the Lilliputians; in later use probably after Swift's use] a giant, a very large man; a wrestler. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily height > tallness > [noun] > and broadness > person giant1559 Hercules1567 Gogmagogc1580 cob1582 Gargantuist1593 hulk1600 rhinoceros1602 colossus1605 pompiona1616 lump1630 strapper1675 man-mountain1726 Brobdingnagian1728 grenadier1805 butt-cut1806 gorilla1884 King Kong1933 hunk1941 1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. i. ii. 38 In the right Coat-Pocket of the Great Man Mountain (for so I interpret the Words Quinbus Flestrin). 1770 C. Burney Jrnl. 13 Dec. in Music, Men & Manners (1969) 223 To M. Rousseau, Rue Grenelle, at a small house, a crayon painters'... In a dark corner was the man mountain. 1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §429/1 Corpulent person,..man mountain. 1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §707/2 Man mountain, a large wrestler. 1956 J. Symons Paper Chase xxx. 240 He was trying desperately to establish some kind of grip that would move this man mountain. 1993 Maclean's 26 Apr. 27/1 This was supposed to be the year of Eric Lindros, the Philadelphia Flyers' man-mountain rookie from Toronto. < as lemmas |
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