| 单词 | to have a way with words |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto have a way with words (i) To have great skill or ability in using. Chiefly in to have a way with words: to be able to speak or write eloquently or expressively. ΚΠ 1823 J. F. Cooper Pioneers III. vi. 107 It's a very good sort of a man is this Master Bumppo, and he has a way with a spear. 1891 Lit. World 11 Apr. 126/3 He has a way with words that is alluring. 1921 America 5 Feb. 385/2 Spenser was a real poet. He had a way with words. 1936 Esquire Nov. 203/1 Johnson had a way with a knife and, with a few adroit strokes, could cut away the flesh and lay bare the sinews. 1987 R. Curtis & B. Elton Blackadder the Third in R. Curtis et al. Blackadder: Whole Damn Dynasty (1998) 261/2 Oh, you do have a way with words, Mr Shelley! 2000 M. Gayle Turning Thirty ii. 11 Bill Gates has a way with computers, Picasso had a way with a paintbrush..I have a way with the telephone. 2014 Aberdeen Evening Express (Nexis) 5 Nov. 2 Having a way with words can help you in the world of work. < as lemmas |
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