| 单词 |
cotton-lord |
| 释义 |
cotton lord, cotton-lord A wealthy cotton-manufacturer; a magnate of the cotton trade.
1823Cobbett Rur. Rides (1885) I. 399 Oh, Oh! The cotton Lords are tearing! 1847J. W. Croker in C. Papers (1884) III. xxv. 102 Helping to raise a gigantic fortune for some cotton lord at Manchester. 1862T. Guthrie Pract. Sympathy (1863) 15 Our religion..looks on the soul of the poorest cotton-worker to be as precious as the soul of the wealthiest cotton-lord. |
英语词典包含277258条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。
相关内容11:
相关热词搜索:cottonlord英英词典英英释义英语词汇意思用法释义英语