单词 | world-stopping |
释义 | > as lemmasworld-stopping world-stopping adj. freq. hyperbolical of great importance; powerful, impressive; = earth-stopping adj. ΚΠ 1917 B. Kline End of Flight xii. 101 The good ladies had come to dignify what would have been otherwise a dull formality [sc. electing a Society president] with a reception, a lecture by someone of note, before this final world-stopping function of fitting the old head to an ever youthful body. 1981 Washington Post 20 July a13/5 It is not a world-stopping anti-crime effort, but Superman can't be everywhere at once. 2006 New Yorker 27 Mar. 89/1 Britten's song cycles very often end with a world-stopping cry from the heart. < as lemmas |
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