| 单词 | my noble friend |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmy noble friend my noble friend n. used to address or refer to another member of one's own party in the House of Lords. ΚΠ 1740 Gentleman's Mag. Dec. 592/1 If the Demands of the Nation are thought worthy of Regard, this Motion, of my noble Friend's..will not be rejected. 1838 Mirror of Parl. (1st Sess., 13th Parl.) 2 1231/1 I have also been told that my Noble Friend..made use of not a very refined or courtly word, when he said that I had ‘bolted’. 1884 Sir S. Northcote in Parl. Times 2 Apr. 8/5 My noble friend [sc. Ld. R. Churchill] is very adroit and agile in the positions he has taken up. 1934 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 22 Dec. 1163/1 It is to me a matter of no little regret that I feel myself compelled to oppose a Bill introduced by my noble friend Lord Elibank. 2007 J. Moran Queuing for Beginners xv. 187 During a debate in the Lords about the new forecasts, a peer asked, ‘Will my noble friend consider looking into the gravely suspicious circumstance that..the weather always seems better on Sky?’ < as lemmas |
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