| 单词 | big wheel |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbig wheel big wheel n. (a) a Ferris wheel or other fairground ride of this type; (b) slang (originally and chiefly U.S.) = big shot at shot n.1 22c. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [noun] > one who is important persona1425 personagec1460 colossus1605 satrapon1650 bigwig1772 big man1789 butt-cut1806 tallboy1820 buzz-wig1854 great or high shot1861 celestial1874 pot1880 big stuff1883 importance1886 big wheel1893 mandarin1907 the (also a) big noise1909 hotty1910 big boy1918 biggie1926 hotshot1933 wheel1933 eminence1935 top hat1936 big or great white chief1937 Mr Big1940 big kahuna1966 society > leisure > entertainment > place of amusement or entertainment > fairground or amusement park > [noun] > fairground ride > wheel Ferris wheel1892 big wheel1893 joy-wheel1911 1893 Sioux Valley News (Correctionville, Iowa) 31 Aug. 4/1 (headline) Ride the Big Wheel. 1908 Chambers's Jrnl. Mar. 271/1 Sensational amusements invariably associated with exhibitions, such as the water-chute, big-wheel, [etc.]. 1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §388/2 Person of importance or self-importance..big cog or wheel. 1951 W. H. Auden Nones (1952) 57 They met some big wheels, and do not Let you forget it. 2000 D. Adebayo My Once upon Time (2001) x. 233 My man was really quite chilled for a big wheel. 2007 Star Tribune (Minneapolis, Minnesota) (Nexis) 1 Oct. b3 The big wheels scare me, and here's why. Years ago, as a little girl, I was stranded atop a Ferris wheel in Arnolds Park, Iowa. < as lemmas |
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