| 单词 | three-letter man |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthree-letter man three-letter man n. (a) U.S. a person awarded a mark of distinction (cf. letter n.1 3a) in three different sports; (b) colloquial an obnoxious person. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > player or sportsperson > [noun] > champion or expert champion1721 championess1728 cock of the school1732 Tartar1785 star1811 holder1830 champ1868 scratch-man1877 scratch-player1888 back-marker1895 title holder1900 titlist1912 three-letter man1929 tiger1929 stickout1933 starlet1976 society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > [noun] > baseness or moral vileness > person wretchOE filthOE birdc1300 villain1303 caitiffc1330 crachouna1400 crathona1400 custronc1400 sloven?a1475 smaik?1507 rook?a1513 scavenger1563 scald1575 peasant1581 scaba1592 bezonian1592 slave1592 patchcock1596 muckworm1649 blackguard1732 ramscallion1734 nasty1825 cad1838 boundera1889 three-letter man1929 1929 R. H. Barbour Tod Hale on Nine xxiv. 264 He wanted to be a ‘three-letter man’, and until a few days ago his chance had looked very bright. 1941 Amer. Speech 16 190 Three-letter man, F-A-G. 1946 J. Irving Royal Navalese 81 A three-letter man is a ‘cad’. 1972 Sci. Amer. Feb. 114/2 A boxer of almost professional caliber; a three-letter man in college, a Rhodes scholar, he passed the bar examination but after only a year of practice decided ‘to chuck the law for astronomy’. < as lemmas |
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