单词 | Porlock |
释义 | Porlock|ˈpɔːlɔːk| The name of a town in Somerset, used allusively (see quot. 1816) in phr. a person etc. from Porlock, a person who interrupts at an inconvenient moment.
[1816Coleridge Kubla Khan in Christabel 53 At this moment he [sc. Coleridge] was unfortunately called out by a person on business from Porlock, and detained by him above an hour. ]1959Listener 1 Jan. 37/3 All the incidental distractions—the telephone-bell, the Christmas carollers at the door, the gentleman or lady ‘from Porlock’—to which one is subject. |

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