| 单词 | to be a new man |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto be a new man b. A man transformed (esp. for the better) in character, behaviour, mood, or appearance. Frequently in to be a new man, to make a new man of (someone), etc. ΚΠ ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1882) VIII. 556 As soone as he was crowned, enoynted, and sacred, anone sodaynly he was chaunged into a new man. a1625 J. Fletcher Womans Prize v. v, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Ppppp3v/1 Me thinks you look a new man to me now, A man of excellence, and now I see some great design set in you. 1758 A. Murphy Upholsterer i. 5 Till this Accident I was no better myself,—but ever since I am grown quite a new Man. 1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin I. xvii. 275 Your loving me,—why, it was almost like raising one from the dead! I've been a new man ever since! 1892 Overland Monthly Mar. 240/2 They say the sight of that little helpless..baby..made a new man of John Kayser. Anyway he was altogether different after that. 1937 M. Allingham Dancers in Mourning xxvi. 314 Yeo had become a new man since the message from the [Police] Records Department. 1958 P. G. Wodehouse Cocktail Time xviii. 156 The Beetle and Wedge home-brew..touched the spot. It had everything. It ran like fire through Albert Peasemarch's veins and made a new man of him. 1996 F. McCourt Angela's Ashes (1997) xii. 311 There's a letter from Dad. He's coming home two days before Christmas. He says everything will be different, he's a new man. < as lemmas |
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