单词 | hell broth |
释义 | > as lemmashell broth hell broth n. a mixture of unpleasant ingredients; a hell-brew; also figurative. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > hellishness > [noun] > thing infernal1610 hell brotha1616 the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > enchantment or casting spells > [noun] > decoction hell brotha1616 youth-potion1876 society > morality > moral evil > [noun] > place of evil > quality of being hellish > thing or person infernal1610 hell brotha1616 hell on (also upon) wheels1843 a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) iv. i. 19 For a Charme of powrefull trouble, Like a Hell-broth, boyle and bubble. View more context for this quotation 1861 J. R. Lowell Wks. (1890) V. 86 The caldron where the hell-broth of anarchy was brewing. 1915 W. J. Locke Jaffery xxi. 299 I went down into the same hell-broth of sweat and confusion. 2004 Gazette (Montreal) (Nexis) 6 Nov. g6 We had grappa, white wine, beer, vodka, and absinthe—a hell broth of duelling alcohols. < as lemmas |
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