单词 | to pass in a crowd |
释义 | > as lemmasto pass (muster) in a crowd e. Colloquial phrase to pass (muster) in a crowd, not to fall so short of the standard as to be noticed; not to be conspicuously below the average (frequently with the implication of mediocrity). ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > quality of being satisfactory > [verb (intransitive)] sufficec1340 doa1450 servec1475 to go down1608 to pass (muster) in a crowd1711 to get by1897 1711 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 9 Feb. (1948) I. 185 Will she pass in a crowd? Will she make a figure in a country church? 1846 R. Ford Gatherings from Spain ix. 94 The rider's..great object should be to pass in a crowd, either unnoticed, or to be taken for ‘one of us’. 1853 C. Dickens Bleak House xxvi. 259 They were mighty particular. You would pass muster in a crowd, Phil! < as lemmas |
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