| 释义 |
besoil, v.|bɪˈsɔɪl|
Forms: 3–4 bisuele, -suyle, 5 beswyle, 4–6 besoyle, 7– besoil.
[f. be- 1 + soil v.]
trans. To soil, stain, sully; also fig. Hence beˈsoiled ppl. a.
a1300Pains of Hell 91 in O.E. Misc. 225 And summe he sauȝ bi-suyled · as souwes..vp to þe brouwes. c1315Shoreham 108 Thys men by-soyled beth. c1450Merlin x. 165 His swerde all besoyled with blode of men and of horse. a1670Hacket Abp. Williams ii. 164 The Remonstrance..came forth..to besoil his Majesty's reign. 1798Southey Sonn. xii, Cobwebs and dust thy pinions white besoil. 1831Carlyle Sart. Res. iii. iv, All weather-tanned, besoiled. |