| 单词 | luxury |
| 释义 | lux·u·ry I. 1. archaic < stained with adulterous luxury — John Marston > 2. a. < princes of the Renascence lavished upon private luxury … enormous amounts of money — Lewis Mumford > b. < the sharp gaze of a woman … condemned the details of this chamber that imitated every luxury — Arnold Bennett > c. < expensive shotguns and other luxuries — Thomas Munro > < sent her off … in a taxi, which was evidently a luxury for her: she protested about the expense — Edmund Wilson > < allowing no money to be wasted on whims and luxuries until necessities have been thoroughly served — G.B.Shaw > 3. < dropping into a plush-covered armchair, a luxury she seldom allowed herself — L.P.Hartley > < for the rich and titled, snobbery is not a superfluous luxury, but a necessity — Aldous Huxley > < the Senate is small and can afford the luxury of very loose rules — D.W.Brogan > < Western European states … could no longer afford the luxury of full independence and freedom of action in foreign affairs — F.L.Schuman > 4. < a period of luxury, when racecourses, wine cellars, and balls reached their apogee — American Guide Series: Virginia > < nobody wants to banish luxury of language from the theater — Kenneth Tynan > < the fabrics … lacked richness and luxury of handling — E.I.Cohen > II. < luxury liner > < luxury resort > < luxury goods > < laughter, a luxury reflex, is without survival value — Isaac Rosenfeld > |
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