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

a. to live large: to live in a luxurious or extravagant manner; (hence) to be very successful, popular, or wealthy, esp. ostentatiously so. Now chiefly U.S. slang.

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1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 63 Mair bountiful and large thay lyue, than evin thair.

1698 W. Penn Def. Paper 66 It will not Excuse his less exact Friends, that any of ours live larger, than they profess.

1787 ‘Vicarius’ Sketches of Beauty v. 171 My head, my heart, Live large on high; where kindred thrones await T' reward the toil.

1834 W. G. Simms Guy Rivers I. viii. 102 He was always buying, and living large—but that can't last for ever.

1868 R. Browning Ring & Bk. I. iii. 185 Let him share the mat with the mastiff, he Who lived large and kept open house so long.

1914 P. MacGill Children of Dead End xv. 102 When money was plentiful he lived large and drank between drinks as long as he was able to stand on his feet.

1975 D. Pendleton St. Louis Showdown 32 If that's what you call living large, Sergeant Bolan, then it's been nothing but small for me.

1988 S. Lee Do the Right Thing (film script, 2nd draft) in S. Lee & L. Jones Do the Right Thing (1989) 237 Buggin' Out. How you be? Radio Raheem. I be. I'm living large.

2002 J. Weyland Answer is Never xviii. 299 I was full of delusional expectations. I foresaw a new car and living large in a downtown loft while my photographs racked up..accolades.

单词	to live large
释义	> as lemmas to live large a. to live large: to live in a luxurious or extravagant manner; (hence) to be very successful, popular, or wealthy, esp. ostentatiously so. Now chiefly U.S. slang. ΚΠ 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 63 Mair bountiful and large thay lyue, than evin thair. 1698 W. Penn Def. Paper 66 It will not Excuse his less exact Friends, that any of ours live larger, than they profess. 1787 ‘Vicarius’ Sketches of Beauty v. 171 My head, my heart, Live large on high; where kindred thrones await T' reward the toil. 1834 W. G. Simms Guy Rivers I. viii. 102 He was always buying, and living large—but that can't last for ever. 1868 R. Browning Ring & Bk. I. iii. 185 Let him share the mat with the mastiff, he Who lived large and kept open house so long. 1914 P. MacGill Children of Dead End xv. 102 When money was plentiful he lived large and drank between drinks as long as he was able to stand on his feet. 1975 D. Pendleton St. Louis Showdown 32 If that's what you call living large, Sergeant Bolan, then it's been nothing but small for me. 1988 S. Lee Do the Right Thing (film script, 2nd draft) in S. Lee & L. Jones Do the Right Thing (1989) 237 Buggin' Out. How you be? Radio Raheem. I be. I'm living large. 2002 J. Weyland Answer is Never xviii. 299 I was full of delusional expectations. I foresaw a new car and living large in a downtown loft while my photographs racked up..accolades. extracted from largeadj.adv.n.int. < as lemmas
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