| 单词 | weekend sailor |
| 释义 | > as lemmasweekend sailor c. With the sense ‘carrying out an activity at or only at the weekend; (hence) doing something purely for pleasure, or in an amateur or casual way (sometimes used depreciatively, implying superficiality)’, as weekend athlete, weekend gardener, weekend motorist, weekend sailor, weekend soldier, etc. Cf. Sunday n. and adv. Compounds 1e. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > gardener > [noun] > types of gardener arborist1578 nursery gardener1629 nurseryman1629 raiser1707 kitchen gardener1709 market gardener1727 curator1761 landscape-gardenera1763 plannerc1770 mail-gardener1798 landscape architect1863 trucker1868 plantsman1881 weekend gardener1884 groundsman1886 rock gardener1886 tea-gardener1903 landscapist1936 wild gardener1966 society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > driver or operator of vehicle > [noun] > driver of motor vehicle > who drives only at weekends Sunday driver1877 weekend motorist1884 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > athletics > [noun] > athlete gamer1564 athletic1682 athlete1822 gymnasiarch1825 weekend athlete1941 thin-clad1947 Olympian1977 society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by branch of army > [noun] > auxiliary or reserve volunteer1642 redif1836 home guard1850 reservist1854 reserve1897 Saturday night soldier1911 weekend soldier1970 society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > [noun] > casual or amateur sailor boater1866 weekend sailor1976 1884 G. W. Turner Picturesque Wales 106 (advt.) Cheap Return Tickets For Week-end Visitors. 1917 Printers' Ink 6 Dec. 144/2 To make a window display every Saturday to catch the week-end shoppers. 1935 Discovery Oct. 314/1 The publisher suggests that English Earth will interest equally the farmer and the week-end motorist. 1941 Time 30 June 31/1 Week-end athletes should be careful. 1970 New Yorker 3 Oct. 40/3 Will you look at them weekend soldiers. 1976 ‘D. Halliday’ Dolly & Nanny Bird ix. 120 The boat was..full of tanned, husky weekend sailors. 1990 Reader's Digest Aug. 134/1 My father, a weekend golfer, was understandably excited when he got a hole in one. 1999 BBC Gardeners' World Apr. 135/2 (advt.) Whether you are a full time grower, a weekend gardener or just enjoy the idea of a greenhouse. < as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。