| 单词 | Benjamin |
| 释义 | ▪ I. ˈBenjamin3
The name of the patriarch Jacob's youngest son. Hence allusively, the youngest (and, consequently, favourite) son of a family; also transf.; Benjamin's mess or Benjamin's portion: the largest share (with allusion to Gen. xliii. 34).
1840G. A. Lundie Jrnl. May in M. Duncan Missionary Life in Samoa (1846) xvii. 109 Our share was ten live pigs, (a truly Benjamin's portion). 1852H. Greville Leaves fr. Diary (1883) 417 Another person was chaffing Lady Colchester..upon the Government being designated ‘Benjamin's Mess’ [with allusion to Benjamin Disraeli]. 1913A. R. Hope Half and Half Tragedy 219 The new uncle being my granny's Benjamin. 1925W. Deeping Sorrell & Son xviii. §1 Kit was his Benjamin of pupils.
▪ II. Benjamin, n.4 U.S. slang.
Brit. |ˈbɛn(d)ʒ(ə)mɪn|, U.S. |ˈbɛndʒəmən|
[‹ the name of Benjamin Franklin (1706–90), American statesman whose portrait appears on the U.S. one-hundred-dollar bill. Compare slightly earlier benji n. and also dead president n. at dead adj. and n.1 and adv. Additions]
A one-hundred-dollar bill. Also more generally (in pl.): large sums of money. Cf. dead president n. at dead adj. and n.1 and adv. Additions
1994S. Combs in One more Chance (One more Chance/Stay with Me) (song, perf. ‘Notorious B.I.G.’) in Hip-hop & Rap (2003) 304 My pockets swell to the rim with Benjamins. 1999GQ Mar. 12/2 You've made the Benjamins. Now you need a billfold to hold them. 2003New Yorker 10 Feb. 92/3 Miguel is..tortured by his double life—his loyalties are torn between the family business and his own family. (That's why he takes a box of Benjamins to the local priest.) |
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