英语词汇“pretty man”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

pretty man n. chiefly Scottish (now rare) a courageous, warlike, or hardy man.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > courage > [noun] > one who is courageous

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1573 W. Smith XII. Mery Iests sig. D1^v I know you wyll defend me lyke prety men, Unto your power: but what is one or tway In comparison to sixe?

1672 M. Bruce Rattling Dry Bones 41 The clan Torkil in Lewis were the stoutest and prettiest men.

a1676 H. Guthry Mem. (1702) 25 If it had not been that the said Francis, with the help of two pretty Men that attended him, rescu'd him out of their Hands.

1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess iii. 118 Tooming faulds or ca'ing of a glen, Was ever deem'd the deed of protty men.

1814 W. Scott Waverley I. xvii. 258 He..observed they were pretty men, meaning, not handsome, but stout warlike fellows.

1824 W. Scott Redgauntlet I. xi. 263 He gaed out with other pretty men in the forty-five.

1903 T. Fyfe Legends from Lintrathen 31 A stalwart fellow of six feet four in his stockings, and stout in proportion—what the Scots term ‘a very pretty man’.

1932 ‘L. G. Gibbon’ Sunset Song i. 74 She knew as well as she knew her own hand that he was to please all of them,..with black hair on him and a fine red face and shoulders strong and well-bulked, for he was a pretty man.

单词	pretty man
释义	> as lemmas pretty man pretty man n. chiefly Scottish (now rare) a courageous, warlike, or hardy man. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > courage > [noun] > one who is courageous lionc1175 pretty man1573 heart of oak1600 lion-heart1832 hearty1905 1573 W. Smith XII. Mery Iests sig. D1^v I know you wyll defend me lyke prety men, Unto your power: but what is one or tway In comparison to sixe? 1672 M. Bruce Rattling Dry Bones 41 The clan Torkil in Lewis were the stoutest and prettiest men. a1676 H. Guthry Mem. (1702) 25 If it had not been that the said Francis, with the help of two pretty Men that attended him, rescu'd him out of their Hands. 1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess iii. 118 Tooming faulds or ca'ing of a glen, Was ever deem'd the deed of protty men. 1814 W. Scott Waverley I. xvii. 258 He..observed they were pretty men, meaning, not handsome, but stout warlike fellows. View more context for this quotation 1824 W. Scott Redgauntlet I. xi. 263 He gaed out with other pretty men in the forty-five. 1903 T. Fyfe Legends from Lintrathen 31 A stalwart fellow of six feet four in his stockings, and stout in proportion—what the Scots term ‘a very pretty man’. 1932 ‘L. G. Gibbon’ Sunset Song i. 74 She knew as well as she knew her own hand that he was to please all of them,..with black hair on him and a fine red face and shoulders strong and well-bulked, for he was a pretty man. extracted from prettyadj.n.int. < as lemmas
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