Quaker
['kweikə]
解釋/意思:
(n.) One who quakes.
(n.) One of a religious sect founded by George Fox, of Leicestershire, England, about 1650, -- the members of which call themselves Friends. They were called Quakers, originally, in derision. See Friend, n., 4.
(n.) The nankeen bird.
(n.) The sooty albatross.
(n.) Any grasshopper or locust of the genus (Edipoda; -- so called from the quaking noise made during flight.
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同義詞及近義詞：
n. Friend.
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解釋/意思:
n. one of the Society of Friends a religious sect founded by George Fox (1624-90): a dummy cannon: a collector's name for certain noctuoid moths.—n. Quā′ker-bird the sooty albatross.—n.pl. Quā′ker-butt′ons the round seeds of nux vomica.—ns. Quā′ker-col′our drab; Quā′kerdom the Quakers as a class; Quā′keress a female Quaker.—adjs. Quā′kerish Quā′kerly like a Quaker.—n. Quā′kerism the tenets of the Quakers.—Stewed Quaker molasses or honey with butter and vinegar taken hot against colds.
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娱乐性解釋/意思：
To dream of a Quaker, denotes that you will have faithful friends and fair business. If you are one, you will deport yourself honorably toward an enemy. For a young woman to attend a Quaker meeting, portends that she will by her modest manners win a faithful husband who will provide well for her household.
整理:谢尔登
例句/造句/用法:
- There was no lack of cheerfulness on board the Quaker City. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- The very beautiful and substantial side-wheel steamship Quaker City has been chartered for the occasion, and will leave New York June 8th. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- And Moore, Quaker-like, had replied with another query, Could I be? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- He was a Quaker, or something of that sort, if I am not mistaken. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- Three-fourths of the Quaker City's passengers were between forty and seventy years of age! 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- And a Quaker flying a kite is a much more ridiculous object than anybody else. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- He visited the Quaker, in high anger; but, being possessed of uncommon candor and fairness, was soon quieted by his arguments and representations. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- Figs, on the contrary, was as calm as a quaker. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Let us average the ages of the Quaker City's pilgrims and set the figure down as fifty years. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- Sometimes it seems to me, somehow, that there must be a difference between Parisian French and Quaker City French. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- Are you a Quaker? 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- General Griffin was attacked near where the Quaker Road intersects the Boydton Road, but repulsed it easily, capturing about one hundred men. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- Some of the Quaker City's passengers had arrived in Venice from Switzerland and other lands before we left there, and others were expected every day. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- But she should be dressed as a nun; I think she looks almost what you call a Quaker; I would dress her as a nun in my picture. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- There, at any rate, he found his wife, grandmother Elliott, who was Mercy Peckham, daughter of a Scotch Quaker. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- The Quakers, whose principles are opposed to fighting, even in their own defence, were most active upon this occasion. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- And doctor him up among the Quakers! 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- She has got all her ideas of Dissenters from the Quakers, has not she? 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- The late resolution of the Quakers in Pennsylvania, to set at liberty all their negro slaves, may satisfy us that their number cannot be very great. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- It asserts the liberty of conscience, in behalf of the Anabaptists, the Quakers, and other sectarians that had been persecuted. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- Tom always spoke reverently of the Quakers. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- The English catholics, treated with much greater injustice, established that of Maryland; the quakers, that of Pennsylvania. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- One of his friends, who sat next to me, said, Franklin, why do you continue to side with those Quakers? 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- But come, friends, whether Quakers or cotton-printers, let us hold a peace-congress, and let out our venom quietly. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Mrs. Yorke awarded the palm to Moravians and Quakers, on account of that crown of humility by these worthies worn. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
編輯:拉维恩