dine with Duke Humphrey

短语

挨饿,没饭吃

词形变化

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释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To go without dinner.

    古体 不及物

    When I want prouant wᵗʰ: Humfrie I sup, & when benighted, I repose in Powles wᵗʰ: waking soules, Yet neuer am affrighted. When I lack food, I go without it, and when benighted, I repose in St. Paul’s (graveyard) with ghosts, Yet am never scared.

词源

Said to be from the practice of the poor gentry, who beguiled the dinner hour by a promenade near the tomb of Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, in Old Saint Paul's.

来源：wiktionary