| 单词 | prodigal son |
| 释义 | > as lemmasprodigal son (also daughter, child) 2. Of a person: that has lived a reckless or extravagant life away from home, but subsequently made a repentant return. Also more generally and figurative: that has gone astray; errant, wayward; wandering. Frequently in prodigal son (also daughter, child), with allusion to Luke 15:11–32 (cf. sense B. 2). Also in extended use.See also prodigate adj., perhaps an error for prodigale. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > relinquishing > squandering or prodigality > [noun] > squanderer or prodigal waster1352 spender1393 fool-large?c1425 neve1440 stroyc1440 strawer1460 scapethrifta1500 prodigal son (also daughter, child)1508 nephew1532 scatterer1535 stroy-good1540 prodigal1547 spend-all1553 dingthrift1566 stroy-all1573 scattergood1577 slip-thrift1579 waste-good1585 slide-thrifta1591 spendthrift1601 unthrifta1602 prodiga1605 spend-good1605 wastethrift1608 prodigal1609 lavisher1611 squanderer1611 decoctor1615 profuser1616 extravagant1745 dissipater1799 wastrel1887 squander-bug1943 the mind > possession > relinquishing > squandering or prodigality > [adjective] > characterized or marked by squandering wasteful1451 prodigal1508 sieve-like1605 profusive1638 akolastic1656 squandering1726 effuse1745 spendthrift1790 society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > repentance or contrition > [noun] > one who repents > typical example of prodigal son (also daughter, child)1508 prodigal1600 1508 J. Fisher Treat. Penyt. Psalmes sig. &&.iiijv The comyng agayne of this prodygal chylde whiche hath spent his substaunce. 1551 Bible (Matthew's) Luke xv. (heading) The parables of the loste shepe, of the groat that was loste, and of the prodigall sonne. a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iv. iii. 96 Then hee compast a Motion of the Prodigall sonne, and married a Tinkers wife. View more context for this quotation 1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors 16 A Clock, on which was represented, in painting, the Parable of the Prodigal Child. 1757 N. Owen Jrnl. 16 Aug. in E. Martin Jrnl. of Slave-Dealer (1930) 77 I say that these things will not keep him from the charectar of a proddigal sun, who hae spent his time idely abroad. 1796 J. Austen Let. 18 Sept. (1995) 12 My Father will be so good as to fetch home his prodigal Daughter from Town. ?1815 S. T. Coleridge MS Note in Poet. Wks. (2001) I. ii. 906 To shape, to soothe, Man's second Birth, And reconduct to Heaven Heaven's prodigal Heir! 1847 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) xxii. 218 The prodigal son was evidently nervous of visiting the parental abode. 1897 B. Stoker Dracula xi. 143 The wicked wolf..was received and petted like a sort of vulpine prodigal son. 1933 Times 23 May 10/4 As the progenitor of all the visual arts architecture has of course handed on her qualities to her great family, of which painting has become the prodigal daughter. 1970 G. MacEwen in Tamarack Rev. 54 11 She pulled a prodigal hair from her eyebrow and tried to pinpoint what it was she wanted. 1995 Gazette (Montreal) 2 Dec. k7 This story of a cat who feels unappreciated at home and decides to travel the world and do some high living. Having squandered it all away, the prodigal puss comes home after a year and a half. 1998 Sunday Tel. 25 Jan. (Sport section) 6/8 Although the son has been prodigal, he knows his duty is to preserve the only tangible, non-political, form in which West Indianness exists. < as lemmas |
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