| 单词 | sword-swallower |
| 释义 | > as lemmassword-swallower a. literal: see swallow v. 1; esp. a voracious eater or drinker. Also in combination, as acorn-swallower, sword-swallower. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > [noun] > eating voraciously > voracious eater swallowera1000 devourerc1384 vourera1425 francher1519 gulper1648 twister1694 bolter1826 wolfer1897 scoffer1935 the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > [noun] > swallowing > swallower swallower1710 a1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 102 Ic ne eom swa micel swelgere þæt ic ealle cynn metta on anre gereordinge etan mæge. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid xiii. vi. 222 Thir akcorne swelliaris, the fat swyne. 1605 1st Pt. Jeronimo sig. E Deuourer of apparell, thou huge swallower. 1694 P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais Pantagruel's Voy.: 4th Bk. Wks. iv. xxix. 118 A huge Greedy-Guts, a tall woundy swallower of hot Wardens and Muscles. 1710 Fuller Tatler No. 205. ⁋2 I..always speak of them with the Distinction of the Eaters, and the Swallowers. 1842 C. Dickens Amer. Notes I. vi. 209 Of all kinds of eaters of fish, or flesh, or fowl, in these latitudes, the swallowers of oysters alone are not gregarious. 1891 T. Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles III. xlviii. 144 The enormous numbers that had been gulped down by the insatiable swallower [viz. a threshing machine]. sword-swallower sword-swallower n. one who entertains for money by swallowing or pretending to swallow swords. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > legerdemain, etc. > [noun] > juggler or conjurer > types of knife-warper?c1225 saccularian1652 fire-eater1676 fire king1796 juggler1807 stone-eater1820 sword-swallower1826 fire-swallower1857 salamander1859 jadoo-wallah1890 knife-thrower1905 gully-gully man1930 1826 W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1827) II. 1196 He was assisted by a wretched looking female, who was a sword-swallower. 1901 W. R. H. Trowbridge Lett. Mother to Elizabeth xxxi. 153 The sword-swallower did some amazing things, and smacked his lips, as if the swords tasted nice. < as lemmas |
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