| 单词 | cry havoc |
| 释义 | > as lemmascry havoc 1. In the phrase cry havoc, originally to give to an army the order havoc!, as the signal for the seizure of spoil, and so of general spoliation or pillage. In later use (usually after Shakespeare) figurative, and associated with sense 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > sacking, raiding, or looting > sack, raid, or loot [verb (intransitive)] harryc893 skeckc1330 skicka1400 cry havoc1419 foray1487 raven1570 booty1580 rapine1580 pillage1593 boot-hale1598 to make boota1599 ravage1604 scummer1633 maraud1684 loot1842 raid1848 1385 Ord. War Rich. II in Black Bk. Admiralty (Rolls) I. 455 Item, qe nul soit si hardy de crier havok sur peine davoir la test coupe. 1405 Abp. Scrope in Historians Ch. York (Rolls) II. 296 Idem dominus Henricus..bona regia ubicunque fuerant inventa vastavit, et, clamando havok, fideles homines, tam spirituales quam temporales, quosdam spoliavit.] 1419 Ord. War Hen. V in Black Bk. Admiralty (Rolls) I. 462 That noman be so hardy to crye havok upon peyn that he that is founde begynner to dye therfore. c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 207 & for his euylle dedys his godys be cryed be þe kyng ‘haue ok’. c1525 in Grose Hist. Eng. Army (1801) I. 194 Likewise be all manner of beasts, when they be brought into the field and cried havoke, then every man to take his part. 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet v. ii. 318 This quarry cries on hauock. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) iii. i. 276 Cæsars Spirit..Shall..with a Monarkes voyce, Cry hauocke, and let slip the Dogges of Warre. 1858 H. T. Buckle Hist. Civilisation Eng. (1869) II. i. 76 That bold and sceptical spirit which cried havoc to the prejudices and superstitions of men. < as lemmas |
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