| 单词 | a spark in one's throat |
| 释义 | > as lemmasa spark in one's throat e. a spark in one's throat (see quot. 1785). slang. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > [noun] thirstc1000 dry1377 drought1393 thirstingc1500 drynessa1535 dryth1557 thirstiness1583 thirst-longing?1617 droughtiness1720 a spark in one's throat1721 1721 J. Kelly Compl. Coll. Scotish Prov. 334 The Smith has ay a Spark in his Haise [= halse]. And they often take pains to quench it. 1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (at cited word) A man that is always thirsty, is said to have a spark in his throat. 1820 J. Hodgson in J. Raine Mem. J. Hodgson (1857) I. 292 He has a spark in his throat which often requires to be cooled. 1842 Ld. Tennyson Will Waterproof's Monologue in Poems (new ed.) II. 187 She lit the spark within my throat, To make my blood run quicker. < as lemmas |
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