| 单词 | to get oneself a name |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto get (also make) oneself a name b. With indefinite article, without modifying adjective: a good or distinguished reputation; personal fame. Now chiefly in to get (also make) oneself a name, to make a name for oneself. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > good repute > [noun] nameOE wordOE honestya1382 rumoura1387 recommendation1433 wealc1500 wellc1500 credit1529 repute1598 renowna1616 recommends1623 commendation1631 character1649 merit1752 stock1930 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > fame or renown > famous or eminent person > be or become eminent [verb (intransitive)] shinec900 to get (also make) oneself a nameOE blazea1387 flourisha1387 resound1562 to fame ita1625 to make a noise in the world1662 to make (familiarly to cut) a figure1691 to set the Thames on fire1720 star1815 lionize1834 to make a name for oneself1997 OE Ælfric Old Test. Summary: Maccabees (Julius) in W. W. Skeat Ælfric's Lives of Saints (1900) II. 86 Eft ða wæs sum heretoga gehaten seron on syrian lande, se, cwæð, to his leode, Ic wille wyrcan me naman and oferwinnan iudan. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) 2 Kings viii. 13 Dauiþ forsoþe made to hym a name whanne he turnede aȝeen. c1450 (?c1408) J. Lydgate Reson & Sensuallyte (1901) 5832 This mayde..Had a name and dyde excelle To pleyen at this noble play. 1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. clxxv By cruell delynge he must hym get a name. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Zeph. iii. 20 I wil get you a name..amonge all people of the earth. 1638 S. Rutherford Let. 11 June (1848) cclxxxv. 567 It is possible I be misconstructed, and deemed to seek a name. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xii. 45 They cast to build A Citie..And get themselves a name . View more context for this quotation 1785 W. Cowper Task ii. 759 Such expense..buys the boy a name, That sits a stigma on his father's house. 1853 E. Bulwer-Lytton My Novel II. vi. xviii. 166 Tell her that I am nameless, and will yet make a name. 1884 W. C. Smith Kildrostan 48 When you make yourself a name, As I am sure you will do. 1909 Automobile 7 Jan. 9/1 Henry Ford made a name for himself which will cling for all time. 1948 W. S. Burroughs Let. 30 Nov. (1993) 27 If you succeed in publishing one book, and get a name, you will have easy going from there on. 1997 T. Petsinis French Mathematician (1998) xix. 180 Others prosper, grow powerful, make a name for themselves, while we sweat in silence. < as lemmas |
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