| 单词 | of a thing |
| 释义 | > as lemmas—— of a thing P4. colloquial. —— of a thing: a person or thing resembling or likened to a ——. bit of a thing: a small or inconsequential thing; a small or slight person. ΚΠ 1665 J. Brown Apologeticall Relation Sufferings Church Scotl. xiv. 264 Men who would be accounted loyal subjects..think it their duty to..contend for a small & inconsiderable bit of thing. 1706 E. Ward Hudibras Redivivus II. v. 24 You taudry Fop, with Diamond Ring; You little Thingum of a Thing. 1794 W. Godwin Things as they Are I. iv. 67 Look at this Falkland! A puny bit of a thing! 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast ix. 76 She was a lump of a thing, what the sailors call a butter-box. 1922 D. H. Lawrence Aaron's Rod (N.Y. ed.) iii. 33 She too was a tall stag of a thing. 1990 A. Munro Friend of my Youth 265 She rented..a van.., an old blue crock pot of a thing. 2006 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 4 Nov. m1 She might be a bit of a thing, even in high heels... But she's also a tough nut. < as lemmas |
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