| 单词 | quixoticism |
| 释义 | > as lemmasquiˈxoticism quiˈxoticism n. = quixotism n. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > faculty of conceiving ideals > tendency towards romance > romantic conduct > [noun] quixotism1620 windmill1645 errantry1654 knight-errantry1660 quixotry1703 Don 'Quixotism1719 romance1745 quixoticism1850 1850 De Bow's Rev. Aug. 169 The landing at Cardenas could only have been considered a piece of American Quixoticism. 1939 Tablet 3 June 705/1 Hungarian public life, that curious mixture of eloquence and generous impulse, of Quixoticism and brutal reality. 2005 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) (Nexis) Oct. 194 You might argue that it's quixoticism, an effort to preserve what's already lost..an effort to embrace for dear life the remains of the day. < as lemmas |
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