| 单词 | sob-stuff |
| 释义 | > as lemmassob-stuff sob-stuff n. speech or writing which makes a sentimental appeal to the emotions; also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > [noun] > sentimentality > sentimental speech or writing gush1866 rose pink1872 sob-stuff1918 gloop1957 1918 H. C. Witwer in Collier's 11 May 15/2 Well, Joe, we gotta lot of new songs over here now, besides ‘Where Do We Go From Here?’ which same is our favourite and a lot more of the old stand-bys, which runs more to the sob stuff. 1920 A. B. Baxter Parts Men Play xxi You ain't a child, and I see that I can't put over any sob stuff with you. 1921 Spectator 9 Apr. 463/2 We cannot afford to be merciful to a bad or doubtful premise because of a ‘sob-stuff’ appeal to Charity. 1922 C. Sidgwick Victorian xxvi. 193 When the girls talked sobstuff at school I always told them I meant to marry a millionaire. 1924 J. Galsworthy White Monkey ii. vi. 167 A condition or acquiescence, fatalism, ‘Who dies if England live’ sort of sob-stuff state. 1924 M. Newman Consummation ii. x. 121 Julius answered..that he was ‘trying to live down the dreadful past’. Freddy replied telling him to cut out all that sob-stuff and not be a stupid ass. 1928 S. Vines Humours Unreconciled xxi. 266 Dickensian sob-stuff. 1929 D. H. Lawrence Pansies 128 A sickly people will slay us If we touch the sob-stuff crown of such martyrs. 1937 A. Christie Murder in Mews ix. 223 Of course I'm sorry. I don't indulge in sob-stuff. But I shall miss him. 1978 N. Marsh Grave Mistake iii. 90 He puts on a bit of an act like a guide doing his sob-stuff over Mary Queen of Scots in Edinburgh Castle. < as lemmas |
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