单词 | money-catching |
释义 | > as lemmasmoney-catching money-catching n. and adj. (a) n. the action of seeking to obtain money; (b) adj. that seeks to obtain money; that attracts money. ΚΠ 1684 H. N. (title) The pleasant art of money-catching. 1828 R. Montgomery Age Reviewed (ed. 2) ii. 209 (note) The present play-scribblers that bray round the two Patent Houses, have only one object in view—money-catching. 1901 Atlantic Monthly Oct. 500/1 I have seen him play Shylock, sometimes as a fierce money-catching old-clothes dealer of Jewry. 1990 Guardian (Nexis) 25 May 29/2 The need always to come up with money-catching projects will affect the intellectual standard of research. < as lemmas |
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