释义 |
of the first order phrase (alsoof the first water) to a very great degree or of an extremely good kind: It is a diplomatic scandal of the first order. Austen is a writer of the first order. The whole event was a debacle of the first order. In a world dominated by men, Catherine was a political operator of the first order. The new major, with his muscled torso and broken nose, was a thug of the first order. As for his mother, she was a bore of the first water. See also
firstordinal numberdeterminer(BEFORE ALL OTHERS) |