| 单词 | to take a shine to |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto take a shine to 4. to take a shine to (colloquial, originally U.S.): to take a fancy for. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > liking or favourable regard > have liking for [verb (transitive)] > take a liking to fain1483 fancy1545 conceit1589 to take kindly to1733 to take to ——1748 to take a shine to1839 tumble1887 to cotton on to1907 1839 Crockett Almanac 1840 14 I wonst had an old flame I took sumthin of a shine to. 1848 J. R. Lowell Biglow Papers 1st Ser. ii. 23 My gracious! it's a scorpion thet's took a shine to play with't. 1908 W. Churchill Mr. Crewe's Career x He took a shine to you that night you saw him. 1934 F. H. Bushick Glamorous Days xxiii. 278 Nobody wanted the old corn cutter except this Irishman, who took a shine to it. 1956 P. Scott Male Child ii. iv. 152 I suppose I oughtn't to blame you if Marion's taken a shine to you... You must have a way with women. 1961 Guardian 23 Mar. 10/6 Shaw evidently took a shine to the young hero-worshipping woman. 1978 L. Meynell Papersnake x. 132 He took to you... He took a shine to you. 1980 Times Lit. Suppl. 18 July 799/1 If her [sc. Barbara Pym's] heroines were married, they were not unfaithful to their husbands, although they might take a shine to the curate. < as lemmas |
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