| 单词 | the hungry forties |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe hungry forties a. Of times or places: Marked by famine or scarcity of food; famine-stricken. the hungry forties, the decade beginning in 1840, characterized in the British Isles by much poverty and unemployment. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > hunger > [adjective] > famine-stricken or without food meatlessOE hungrya1325 breadlessc1400 the mind > possession > poverty > [noun] > decade characterized by poverty the hungry forties1905 the world > time > relative time > the past > historical period > [noun] > specific centuries, decades, or years fire year1673 quattrocento1854 the hungry forties1905 dix-huitième1920 roaring twenties1923 Dirty Thirties1931 a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 2136 Quan ðo hungri gere ben forð-cumen. c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Cambr.) i. pr. iv. 9 In the sowre hungry tyme. 1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. x. 206 Helden [ful] hungry hous and hadde much defaute. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 5094 Fiue ȝere of þis hungery [Fairf. hungre, Trin. Cambr. hongry, Vesp. hunger] tyde. 1607 S. Rowlands Diogines Lanthorne 29 When thou art hording vp thy foode, Against these hungry dayes. 1905 Mrs. C. Unwin (title) The hungry forties. 1910 A. Baker Poor against Rich 34 I mention the Hungry Forties, because a lot of poor people have allowed themselves to be misled during the last election, by the fear of dear food. 1920 J. Collings in J. L. Green Life Jesse Collings i. iv. 29 During the ‘hungry forties’ eggs were sold twenty for a shilling. 1958 Spectator 20 June 792/1 During the famine in Ireland at the end of the Hungry Forties, it was not uncommon [etc.]. < 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。