单词 | title-ridden |
释义 | > as lemmastitle-ridden b. With adjectives and participles, as title-conscious, title-ridden, etc. ΚΠ 1830 Times 24 July 1/6 Their time-serving and title-hunting representative (what a misnomer!) Mr. James Daly. 1886 W. J. Tucker Life E. Europe 237 The title-mad and pocket-filled Jewesses. 1911 L. E. Taber Flame viii. 113 If you lived in a title-ridden land you would understand that princes and dukes are no better than you. 1955 Bull. Amer. Assoc. University Professors 41 547 The title ‘professor’ ranks high in all levels of society in a title-conscious country. 2015 K. Linley ‘The Tempest’ in Context vi. 97 Heiress-hunting rakes and title-seeking gold diggers. < as lemmas |
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