| 单词 | old goat |
| 释义 | > as lemmasold goat a. colloquial. As a term of reproach or abuse: a lustful or lascivious man; a lecher. Chiefly in old goat. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > lasciviousness or lust > [noun] > lascivious or lustful person > lustful man satyr1591 goat1601 capriped1727 ram1919 1601 B. Jonson Every Man in his Humor v. i. sig. K3 This hoary headed letcher, this olde goate Close at your villanie. View more context for this quotation a1674 T. Traherne Christian Ethicks (1675) 90 When a Covetous man doteth on his Bags of Gold..the Drunkard on his Wine, the Lustful Goat on his Women..they banish all other Objects. 1749 J. Cleland Mem. Woman of Pleasure I. 45 Mother Brown had in the mean time agreed the terms with this liquorish old goat,..fifty guineas peremptory for the liberty of attempting me [etc.]. 1828 Gentleman's Pocket Mag. 380 Kenedy attacking him with the epithets of ‘an old goat..a cornucopia of lechery’. 1857 S. A. Hammett Sam Slick in Texas xii. 72 I see the old goat a huggin' and a kissin' her on the companion way, when he thought no one wasn't a lookin' at him. 1934 Defender (Chicago) 9 June 10/7 You lecherous old goat..that's how you've been spending your time—buying French postcards. 1993 C. Coulter Lord Hawkfell Island 241 Hafter is like all men—a randy goat who thinks of naught save that rod between his legs. 2004 Q Sept. 132/3 He was regarded as the sleazy old goat who led coltish Londoner Jane Birkin astray. old goat b. colloquial. A foolish or contemptible person; spec. (esp. in old goat) an offensive or objectionable old person (typically a man); frequently as a term of abuse. Later also occasionally: a gullible person, a dupe. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > duping, making a fool of > [noun] > gullible person, dupe foola1382 woodcockc1430 geckc1530 cousinc1555 cokes1567 milch cow1582 gudgeon1584 coney1591 martin1591 gull1594 plover1599 rook1600 gull-finch1604 cheatee1615 goata1616 whirligig1624 chouse1649 coll1657 cully1664 bubble1668 lamb1668 Simple Simon?1673 mouth1680 dupe1681 cull1698 bub1699 game1699 muggins1705 colour1707 milk cow1727 flat1762 gulpin1802 slob1810 gaggee1819 sucker1838 hoaxee1840 softie1850 foozle1860 lemon1863 juggins1882 yob1886 patsy1889 yapc1894 fall guy1895 fruit1895 meemaw1895 easy mark1896 lobster1896 mark1896 wise guy1896 come-on1897 pushover1907 John1908 schnookle1908 Gretchen1913 jug1914 schnook1920 soft touch1924 prospect1931 steamer1932 punter1934 dill1941 Joe Soap1943 possum1945 Moreton Bay1953 easy touch1959 a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) iii. i. 179 Hence old Goat . View more context for this quotation 1675 T. Duffett Mock-tempest i. i. 2 Pry'thee old Goat tye up thy Clack, and move thy hands. 1841 H. J. Mercier & W. Gallop Life in Man-of-War 101 Some simple, hot–brained editorial goat For want of news has set this yarn afloat. 1899 J. A. Ormar William Wakefield i. xiv. 105 ‘No long-legged, tobacco-fed goat..can beat Tim Burns at croquet.’ 1901 F. Norris Octopus i. v. 171 Oh, you goat! You beastly fool. 1947 K. Tennant Lost Haven xxi. 365 ‘Don't be a goat.’ Silly young fools, all three of them. 1949 E. Partridge Dict. Underworld 296/1 Goat,..a dupe; swindler's victim. 1971 Inside Kenya Today Mar. 37/2 ‘I must discipline these idiots,’ Omolo said to himself... ‘I must beat them today, goats!’ 2000 N. Barlay Crumple Zone 125 There she is the crusty old goat, every day, standing around. 2012 M. Foxx Spiteful Jack 201 You silly old goat, I credited you with far more brains. < as lemmas |
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