| 单词 | reading man |
| 释义 | > as lemmasreading man reading man n. University slang (now historical and rare) an undergraduate whose main concern is academic study rather than sport or social activities. ΘΚΠ society > communication > reading > reader > [noun] readerOE overreaderc1443 peruser1549 writee?1611 reading man1684 society > education > learning > learner > college or university student > [noun] > hard-working student reading man1684 smug1882 grind1893 keener1973 1684 J. Dryden Prol. Univ. Oxf. in Misc. Poems 264 In London..Haughty Dunces whose unlearned Pen Could ne'er Spell Grammar, would be reading Men. 1797 Monthly Mag. 3 266/1 During my residence at the university, and a constant intercourse with both reading and non-reading men [etc.]. 1869 A. de Morgan Let. in S. E. De Morgan Mem. A. De Morgan (1882) xi. 388 I was not a ‘reading’ man (so called); I had no expectation of honours or a fellowship, and I attended all the lectures on all subjects..but the examination at the end of the first year [sc. at Cambridge] revealed to me my powers [sc. in maths]..and I took to ‘reading’ accordingly. 1938 Times 13 June 10/2 ‘Second Trinity’ was a club started by the ‘reading men’ at Trinity. I was up at Cambridge from 1874, and can quite well remember. 1997 P. Searby Hist. Univ. Cambridge III. xvi. 601 The early Victorian years..were the pinnacle of Cambridge competitiveness, at all events for the reading man who entered into its spirit. < as lemmas |
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