英语词汇“to be mustard”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

d. to be mustard: (of a person) to be regarded as very sharp, keen, or accomplished in a particular sphere. Cf. hot stuff n. and adj.

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the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [verb (intransitive)]

to be P and Q1612

to have everything1748

to hit the high spots1891

to be mustard1925

to be a box of birds1939

1925 E. Wallace King by Night ix. 41 That fellow is mustard.

1959 Times 19 June 16/3 He [sc. a batsman] is mustard on anything a trifle short of a length.

1966 L. Southworth Felon in Disguise ix. 131 He could see the couple and what they were doing. ‘Blimey, she's mustard,’ he thought.

1972 Daily Express 4 July 6/8 Britain is particularly hot on calculus. The Russians and the East Germans are mustard on the theory of numbers and on solid geometry.

1973 ‘B. Mather’ Snowline xix. 231 You can wash out South Africa... They're mustard there. You couldn't smuggle in a grain of wheat.

1989 Weekend Tel. 7 Jan. p. iv/7 One specialised in minor human ailments..while the other was absolute mustard on curing cattle to the great discomfit of the local vets.

单词	to be mustard
释义	> as lemmas to be mustard d. to be mustard: (of a person) to be regarded as very sharp, keen, or accomplished in a particular sphere. Cf. hot stuff n. and adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [verb (intransitive)] to be P and Q1612 to have everything1748 to hit the high spots1891 to be mustard1925 to be a box of birds1939 1925 E. Wallace King by Night ix. 41 That fellow is mustard. 1959 Times 19 June 16/3 He [sc. a batsman] is mustard on anything a trifle short of a length. 1966 L. Southworth Felon in Disguise ix. 131 He could see the couple and what they were doing. ‘Blimey, she's mustard,’ he thought. 1972 Daily Express 4 July 6/8 Britain is particularly hot on calculus. The Russians and the East Germans are mustard on the theory of numbers and on solid geometry. 1973 ‘B. Mather’ Snowline xix. 231 You can wash out South Africa... They're mustard there. You couldn't smuggle in a grain of wheat. 1989 Weekend Tel. 7 Jan. p. iv/7 One specialised in minor human ailments..while the other was absolute mustard on curing cattle to the great discomfit of the local vets. extracted from mustardn.adj. < as lemmas
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