| 单词 | ten-year-man |
| 释义 | > as lemmasten-year-man ten-year adj. of ten years' duration or standing, as ten-year-old, also as n.; spec. ten-year-man, at Cambridge University: see quot. 1903. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > year > [adjective] > lasting for several years > that lasts a specific number of years > that has lasted a specific number of years three-years1665 ten-year1693 three-year-old1825 tercentenarian1881 two-year1927 society > education > learning > learner > college or university student > [noun] > types at specific universities son?c1550 Bibler1569 round cap1572 batteler1604 fellow commoner1614 gentleman-commoner1614 primar1642 Bible-clerk1650 Harry-Sopha1661 hodman1677 nobleman1682 seconder1684 grueller1691 ternar1698 tuft1755 red gowna1774 ten-year-man1816 prick-bill1818 bear1828 martinet1831 sheep1865 trotter1883 skiver1884 hall-reader1886 sign-off1902 night climber1937 techie1969 1693 G. Stepney tr. Juvenal in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires viii. 166 Courage to sustain a Ten Years War. 1813 Gentleman's Mag 83 ii. 530. 1816 Gentleman's Mag. 86 i. 200/1 A query respecting the Ten-Year-Men at Cambridge. 1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xxx. 293 Ever since he had first played the ten-year-old imps in the Christmas pantomimes. 1869 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Agric. 1868 443 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (40th Congr., 3rd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc.) XV The average yield for a three-year old vine is one peck;..full grown, ten-year old vine, twenty-five bushels. 1895 Westm. Gaz. 17 July 8/1 What terrible tyrants these ten-year-olds are! 1900 Westm. Gaz. 7 Mar. 7/1 What the terms of the new war loan for thirty millions in ten-year bonds will be, or ought to be. 1903 Daily Chron. 4 Feb. 5/1 The Ten Year man..being over twenty-four years of age, was admitted, and after keeping his name on the boards of a college for ten years was allowed to proceed B.D. on payment of certain fees. 1906 Daily Chron. 18 Aug. 4/4 An average of 11.4 in the previous ten-year period. < as lemmas |
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