释义 |
bos·well \ˈbäzˌwel, -_wəl\ noun (-s) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: after James Boswell died 1795 Scottish lawyer and biographer; from the wealth of firsthand detail in Boswell's life (1791) of Samuel Johnson died 1784 English lexicographer, critic, and conversationalist 1. a. : one who out of admiration or hero worship records in detail and usually contemporaneously the life, conversation, intimate moods, and personal relationships especially of a famous or otherwise significant contemporary < a Boswell to a man of letters > b. : one who writes with love for and intimate knowledge of any subject < a Boswell of the sea > < nature's Boswell > 2. : one who stays in almost constant attendance upon another out of great admiration or hero worship, often in a voluntarily servile position < a faithful and mistreated Boswell > |