| 单词 | the fleshpots of egypt |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe fleshpots of Egypt A pot in which flesh is boiled. Chiefly in phrase the fleshpots of Egypt (see Exodus xvi. 3), or with allusion to that phrase: Luxuries or advantages regarded with regret or envy. ΘΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > luxury or luxurious living > [adjective] > luxurious (of things) delicatec1400 delicious?c1450 fleshpot1535 lascivious1589 nice1621 mollitious1629 luxurious1650 luxuriant1671 voluptuous1816 de luxe1819 plushy1884 plush1890 the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > luxury or luxurious living > [noun] > luxury or luxuries > regarded with regret or envy fleshpot1535 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Exod. xvi. 3 Whan we sat by ye flesh pottes, and had bred ynough to eate. 1592 T. Nashe Pierce Penilesse (Brit. Libr. copy) sig. G v From the flesh-pots of Egipt, to the Prouant of the Low-countreyes. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. vii. 299 Now well met Egypt..For we have appetite, for thy Flesh pots. 1710 J. Swift Let. 17 Apr. I expect to hear the two ladies lamenting the fleshpots of Cavan-street. 1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. x. ii. 581 Law, with its..high honours and deep flesh-pots. 1888 F. J. Goodnow in J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. III. lxxxviii. 177 The fleshpots of the city administration had therefore greater attractions for him. < as lemmas |
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