单词 | finish off |
释义 | > as lemmasto finish off b. to finish off: to provide with an ending (of a certain kind). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > completing > complete (an action or piece of work) [verb (transitive)] > bring to an end or conclusion > provide with a conclusion to finish off1830 piecenc1900 1830 H. N. Coleridge Introd. Greek Poets 47 Plutarch finishes off the story in his usual manner. finish off a. So as to exhaust or finish; so as to leave none; to the end; entirely, completely, to a finish; as to clear off, drink off, finish off, pay off, polish off, work off, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > end or conclusion > [adverb] > to the end offeOE awayOE outc1175 the world > action or operation > completing > [adverb] offc1440 consummatively1614 completively1651 perfectively1818 eOE tr. Orosius Hist. (BL Add.) (1980) ii. v Hwær hie..wæteres [hæfden] þæt hie mehten him þurst of adrincan. OE Ælfric Gram. (St. John's Oxf.) 275 Ebibo, ic of adrince. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 15118 To wasshenn offe þeȝȝre lic. c1440 (?a1400) St. John Evangelist (Thornton) 228 in G. G. Perry Relig. Pieces in Prose & Verse (1914) 104 (MED) Þou..saynede þe coppe owtely and suppede it off syne. 1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 47 Socrates..compelled of malicious Iudges to take ye Cup,..and so to drink it off. 1660 A. Marvell Let. 17 Nov. in Poems & Lett. (1971) II. 2 Some seauenteen shipps to be payd of. 1732 J. Swift (title) A proposal to pay off the debt of the nation. 1861 Temple Bar 3 141 Read the Times..and get off by heart that portion..devoted to the news of the money-market. 1890 G. A. Smith Bk. Isaiah II. xii. 202 We do not..kill them off by gladiatorial combats. 1900 Westm. Gaz. 13 Dec. 2/3 What is known amongst breeders as ‘feeding off’ for table poultry is a thriving industry. 1992 I. Banks Crow Road xi. 267 I polished off the eclair..and started eyeing up a Danish pastry. 2000 Marie Claire (Johannesburg) Oct. 142/3 This look can be achieved by blowdrying the hair with a flat paddle brush and finished off with a straightening iron. < as lemmas |
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