单词 | to take a liking to |
释义 | > as lemmasto take a liking to P5. to take a liking to and variants: to begin to like; to conceive a taste, preference, regard, or fondness for (someone or something). ΚΠ a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. xxvii. sig. Ff7v Basilius..toke a good liking to him. 1630 M. Godwin tr. F. Godwin Ann. Eng. i. 121 Image 68 Cranmer..had taken a liking to a certaine maide. 1671 J. Dryden Evening's Love iv. 51 One of the Ladies in the Masque to night has taken a liking to you. 1715 A. Philips tr. Thousand & One Days III. sig. K The old Man took a liking to the two Sisters. 1792 H. H. Brackenridge Mod. Chivalry I. i. 45 She seemed, on her part, to have taken a liking to a certain Mr. Jacko. 1842 F. Marryat Percival Keene II. ii. 129 As I had taken a liking to navigation, I now was employed daily in working sights. 1885 J. Ruskin Præterita (1890) II. x. 243 The young Macdonald..took a true liking to me. 1940 M. Hopper How to play Winning Checkers vii. 79 Some students may take a liking to the ‘Switcher’ opening. 1983 P. Gzowski Unbroken Line iii. 179 He took a liking to a colt out of the mare Fair Colleen. 2003 R. Lacey Street Bible 202 He makes us work our socks off just to hand it over to the ones he's taken a liking to. < as lemmas |
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