单词 | lotus-eater |
释义 | lotus-eater (once / 295483 pages) n WORD FAMILY lotus-eater USAGE EXAMPLESI felt a dash of the infatuation of the lotus-eater, in his "—land that seemed always afternoon." Various, Harper's New Monthly Magazine—No. X...(2011) Is this the existence of the lotus-eater, Marian? Orcutt, William Dana, The Bachelors—A Novel(2010) In this case I waited till I felt like a lotus-eater who could have stayed on forever. Merriam, Florence A., A-Birding on a Bronco(2010) n someone indifferent to the busy world in the Odyssey Homer tells of lotus-eaters who live in dreamy indolence Syn|Hyper stargazer daydreamer, woolgatherer someone who indulges in idle or absentminded daydreaming |
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