| 单词 | quite a lad |
| 释义 | > as lemmasquite a lad b. A man of spirit and vigour; used esp. in phrases a bit of a lad, quite a lad. Also (colloquial), a spirited girl. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > courage > heroism > [noun] > hero > person of mettle heart1340 heart of oakc1384 bolda1400 doughtya1400 stalworthc1400 sternc1400 Ironsidea1470 stalwart1508 galliard1532 lada1556 stoutheart1556 hardydardy1593 valour1609 valiant1610 fireman1648 hearty1790 my (also me) hearty1839 the mind > emotion > courage > heroism > [noun] > heroine heroine1587 heroess1612 lady errant1615 Bellona1820 shero1836 hero-woman1847 tiger-cat1863 war heroine1932 lad1935 a1556 N. Udall Ralph Roister Doister (?1566) iv. vii. sig. G.iijv I trowe they shall finde and feele that I am a lad. 1913 ‘G. A. Birmingham’ Gen. John Regan vi. 99 He may have been a bit of a lad in his early days. 1926 T. E. Lawrence Seven Pillars (subscribers' ed.) lxii. 327 He, Rahail, was quite a lad: a free-built, sturdy fellow, too fleshy for the life we were to lead. 1935 ‘G. Ingram’ Cockney Cavalcade iv. 54 ‘That matcher of ours is a lad, Mum!’..‘Oh, what's she been up to now?’ 1935 Punch 13 Mar. 294/1 Women..Describe him freely to my face As quite a lad. 1960 ‘H. Carmichael’ Seeds of Hate xiii. 117 Bit of a lad is Mr. Alan Clark..running round fancy-free for years. 1969 ‘A. Cade’ Turn up Stone iii. 76 Oh dear! The late Clive Neilson was certainly a bit of a lad, wasn't he? < as lemmas |
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