英语词汇“dressed to kill”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

c. Used in the infinitive form after another verb with adverbial force = ‘to a great or impressive degree’; esp. in dressed (got up, etc.) to kill, dressed showily or impressively. colloquial.

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1818 J. Keats Let. 23 Jan. (1958) I. 216 One chap was dressed to kill for the King in Bombastes.

1845 N.Y. Evening Express 5 Mar. 2/4 Mrs. Polk..dresses ‘to kill’.

1848 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (at cited word) To do anything to kill, is a common vulgarism, and means to do it to the uttermost; to carry it to the fullest extent; as, ‘He drives to kill’; ‘she dances to kill’.

1862 J. R. Lowell Biglow Papers 2nd Ser. i. ii. 36 'T was Concord Bridge a-talkin' off to kill With the Stone Spike thet's druv thru Bunker Hill.

a1871 Country Merchant When he came down after breakfast, to go over to the Judge's and to press his suit, he was dressed to kill.

1877 My Mother-in-Law vii His wife was there, dressed ‘to kill’, as he himself said.

1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xi. [Sirens] 273 Got up to kill: on eighteen bob a week.

1957 N. Mitford Voltaire in Love xviii. 218 Mme du Châtelet..always took the part of the leading lady, dressed up to kill and covered with diamonds.

1970 G. W. Barrax in S. Henderson Understanding New Black Poetry (1973) iii. 358 Dress to kill Shoot to kill Love to kill If you will But write to bring back the dead.

单词	dressed to kill
释义	> as lemmas dressed (got up, etc.) to kill c. Used in the infinitive form after another verb with adverbial force = ‘to a great or impressive degree’; esp. in dressed (got up, etc.) to kill, dressed showily or impressively. colloquial. ΚΠ 1818 J. Keats Let. 23 Jan. (1958) I. 216 One chap was dressed to kill for the King in Bombastes. 1845 N.Y. Evening Express 5 Mar. 2/4 Mrs. Polk..dresses ‘to kill’. 1848 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (at cited word) To do anything to kill, is a common vulgarism, and means to do it to the uttermost; to carry it to the fullest extent; as, ‘He drives to kill’; ‘she dances to kill’. 1862 J. R. Lowell Biglow Papers 2nd Ser. i. ii. 36 'T was Concord Bridge a-talkin' off to kill With the Stone Spike thet's druv thru Bunker Hill. a1871 Country Merchant When he came down after breakfast, to go over to the Judge's and to press his suit, he was dressed to kill. 1877 My Mother-in-Law vii His wife was there, dressed ‘to kill’, as he himself said. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xi. [Sirens] 273 Got up to kill: on eighteen bob a week. 1957 N. Mitford Voltaire in Love xviii. 218 Mme du Châtelet..always took the part of the leading lady, dressed up to kill and covered with diamonds. 1970 G. W. Barrax in S. Henderson Understanding New Black Poetry (1973) iii. 358 Dress to kill Shoot to kill Love to kill If you will But write to bring back the dead. extracted from killv. < as lemmas
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