| 单词 | hot coal |
| 释义 | > as lemmashot coal a. In a fire, furnace, etc.: a glowing ember; a piece of carbonized fuel burning or smouldering without flame. Frequently with distinguishing word or phrase, as coal of fire, hot coal, live coal, etc.In this sense, and sense 1b, frequently with reference to either charcoal or mineral coal used as fuel (in earliest use probably chiefly the former), and hence overlapping with senses 2 and 4, esp. in modern use. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > coal or types of coal > [noun] > specifically live or glowing in a fire coaleOE gleedc950 fire coala1398 coal branda1425 kindling coal1592 coffin1797 gathering-coal1808 coffin-spark1821 the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > a fire > [noun] > a live coal coaleOE gleedc950 fire coala1398 kindling coal1592 eOE King Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care (Hatton) (1871) vii. 49 He geseah ær hine clænsian ðurh ða colu ðæs alteres [L. per altaris calculum]. eOE Bald's Leechbk. (Royal) (1865) i. l. 124 Wiþ deawwyrme stæppe on hat col, cele mid wætre, stæppe on swa hat swa he hatost mæge. OE Ælfric Lives of Saints (Julius) (1881) I. 184 Þæt fyr wearð þa acwenced, þæt þær an col ne gleow, and þæt folc tealde þæt to drycræfte. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 205 (MED) A quic col berninde ope ane hyeape of dyade coles. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Isa. vi. 6 Ther fleiȝ to me oon of the serafyn, and in his hond a cole, that with the toenge he toc fro the auter. a1425 (a1400) Prick of Conscience (Galba & Harl.) (1863) l. 6762 Þair hertes sal bryn with-in als a cole. 1481 W. Caxton tr. Hist. Reynard Fox (1970) 73 They retche not whos hows brenneth, so that they may warme them by the coles. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. AAAiii Compelled to walke vpon the hote coles. a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. H.ij The coles can not be in the embres withoute sparkes. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) iii. vi. 105 It is like a coale of fire, sometimes plew, and sometimes red. View more context for this quotation a1682 Sir T. Browne Certain Misc. Tracts (1683) i. 58 The Coals of Juniper raked up will keep a glowing Fire for the space of a year. 1711 E. Budgell Spectator No. 162. ¶4 A Piece of Flesh broiling on the Coals. 1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 145 The Fire-wood was burnt..into Embers, or live Coals. 1745 J. Swift Direct. to Servants 27 When you cut Bread for a Toast,..lay it on the Coals. 1821 Examiner 732/2 He made nothing of eating burning coals. 1852 N. Hawthorne Mother Rigby's Pipe in Internat. Mag. Feb. 182/1 A coal for my pipe! 1872 J. W. Revere Keel & Saddle 159 Good pasture-fed California beef broiled on the coals of a wood-fire. 1936 M. R. Anand Coolie iii. 98 ‘Oooi,’ he shrieked, and fell back almost immediately, for he had touched a live coal. 1987 K. Lette Girls' Night Out (1989) 213 You'd rather endure walking on hot coals. 2007 G. Potter White Bedouin xx. 140 The fire had been built from small branches, not large pieces of wood, so the coals had a low temperature. < as lemmas |
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