| 单词 | silver-tail |
| 释义 | > as lemmassilver-tail silver-tail n. (see quots.). ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > aristocracy or upper class > [adjective] > having good social position goodOE conditioned1632 visitable1765 swell1810 well-placed1814 silver-tail1898 quite1907 society > society and the community > social class > nobility > aristocracy or upper class > gentry > [noun] > toff or swell nob1676 swell1786 toff1851 silver-tail1898 society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > fashionable society > [noun] > member of > male gallant1388 wamfler15.. rutter1506 younkera1522 fine gentleman1575 cavalier1589 whisker1595 jinglespur1604 bravery1616 brisk1621 chevalier1630 man about town1647 man of mode1676 man of distinction1699 sprag1707 sparky1756 blood1763 swell1786 Corinthian1819 galliard1828 mondain1833 toff1851 flâneur1854 Johnny1883 silver-tail1898 knut1911 lounge lizard1918 old buster1919 Hooray Henry1959 1898 E. E. Morris Austral Eng. 419 Silver-tail, a bush term for a ‘swell’; a man who goes to the manager's house, not to the men's hut. 1908 E. G. Murphy Jarrahland Jingles 116 And when they're playing billiards in their flannel tennis suits, We feel like heaving something at these silvertail galoots. 1947 G. Casey Wits are Out ix. 125 ‘Mr Fleming doesn't build for basic-wage earners,’ Bill said nastily. ‘He hangs around waiting his chance to build for the silvertails.’ 1978 Listener 9 Feb. 163/3 Mr Whitlam's enemies in his own Labor Party have called him a ‘silvertail’, meaning a social climber. 1979 Sunday Mail Mag. (Brisbane) 11 Feb. 16/1 The Governor-General was, in the Premier's opinion, a super silvertail. < as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。