| 单词 | in pieces |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin pieces P1. in pieces: in fragments, broken apart, disintegrated; (figurative) divided, at odds. in (also into, †on, †a) pieces: into portions or fragments, apart; (figurative) into disarray. †to take in pieces: to separate the parts of; (figurative) to analyse (obsolete). ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > at variance [phrase] in (also into, on, a) piecesa1275 in strife1398 at traversc1448 at issue1474 at a strife1488 at variancea1535 at square1545 at (a) jar1552 at (or to) daggers' drawing1556 at (a) mutiny1567 in (a) mutiny1567 at wrig-wrag1599 at daggers drawn1668 at (or at the, on the) outs1824 loggerhead1831 at daggers' points1857 at swords' points1890 the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or breaking up into constituent parts > into (small) pieces [phrase] in (also into, on, a) piecesa1275 (all) to shiversc1275 to piecesc1300 asundera1325 to set in sunderc1325 in sunderc1390 in, into shredsc1400 in small1419 in piecemeal?a1425 in piecemealsa1470 by piecemeals1576 in shivers1589 in or into splinters1612 a1275 St. Margaret (Trin. Cambr.) l. 176 in A. S. M. Clark Seint Maregrete & Body & Soul (Ph.D. diss., Univ. of Michigan) (1972) 61 He [sc. a dragon] barst a two peces. c1330 (?a1300) Sir Tristrem (1886) l. 1456 (MED) Þat spere..brast on peces þre. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vii. 4525 Achias..kut it into pieces twelve. c1400 (?a1387) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Huntington HM 137) (1873) C. xxi. 62 The wal of þe temple to-cleef euene a two pices. a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll.) 50 Arthurs swerde brake in two pecis. a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) I. 23 They so sore fought that hir shyldis felle on pecis. 1562 Bp. J. Pilkington Expos. Abdyas Pref. 9 The forther that the bowe is drawen, the sooner it flies in pieces. 1600 J. Pory tr. J. Leo Africanus Geogr. Hist. Afr. iii. 133 The butchers cut their flesh a peeces, and sell it by weight. 1659 T. Burton Diary (1828) IV. 480 This takes in pieces your whole form. 1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World viii. 215 His Ship..being old and rotten fell in pieces. 1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison IV. iv. 21 We are all in pieces: we were in the midst of a feud, when you arrived. 1762 D. Hume Hist. Eng. (new ed.) VI. ii. 59 The instrument of government was taken in pieces, and examined, one article after another. 1842 T. B. Macaulay Virginia in Lays Anc. Rome 163 Must I be torn in pieces? 1876 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (ed. 2) IV. xviii. 193 When they submitted, their army..at once fell in pieces. 1944 R. Lehmann Ballad & Source 222 We've torn them in pieces and bunged them into a giant's stew-pot. 1991 M. Frutkin Invading Tibet viii. 138 Three Gurkhas leapt forward, slicing him into pieces with their kukris. in (also into, †on, †a) pieces P1. in pieces: in fragments, broken apart, disintegrated; (figurative) divided, at odds. in (also into, †on, †a) pieces: into portions or fragments, apart; (figurative) into disarray. †to take in pieces: to separate the parts of; (figurative) to analyse (obsolete). ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > at variance [phrase] in (also into, on, a) piecesa1275 in strife1398 at traversc1448 at issue1474 at a strife1488 at variancea1535 at square1545 at (a) jar1552 at (or to) daggers' drawing1556 at (a) mutiny1567 in (a) mutiny1567 at wrig-wrag1599 at daggers drawn1668 at (or at the, on the) outs1824 loggerhead1831 at daggers' points1857 at swords' points1890 the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or breaking up into constituent parts > into (small) pieces [phrase] in (also into, on, a) piecesa1275 (all) to shiversc1275 to piecesc1300 asundera1325 to set in sunderc1325 in sunderc1390 in, into shredsc1400 in small1419 in piecemeal?a1425 in piecemealsa1470 by piecemeals1576 in shivers1589 in or into splinters1612 a1275 St. Margaret (Trin. Cambr.) l. 176 in A. S. M. Clark Seint Maregrete & Body & Soul (Ph.D. diss., Univ. of Michigan) (1972) 61 He [sc. a dragon] barst a two peces. c1330 (?a1300) Sir Tristrem (1886) l. 1456 (MED) Þat spere..brast on peces þre. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vii. 4525 Achias..kut it into pieces twelve. c1400 (?a1387) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Huntington HM 137) (1873) C. xxi. 62 The wal of þe temple to-cleef euene a two pices. a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll.) 50 Arthurs swerde brake in two pecis. a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) I. 23 They so sore fought that hir shyldis felle on pecis. 1562 Bp. J. Pilkington Expos. Abdyas Pref. 9 The forther that the bowe is drawen, the sooner it flies in pieces. 1600 J. Pory tr. J. Leo Africanus Geogr. Hist. Afr. iii. 133 The butchers cut their flesh a peeces, and sell it by weight. 1659 T. Burton Diary (1828) IV. 480 This takes in pieces your whole form. 1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World viii. 215 His Ship..being old and rotten fell in pieces. 1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison IV. iv. 21 We are all in pieces: we were in the midst of a feud, when you arrived. 1762 D. Hume Hist. Eng. (new ed.) VI. ii. 59 The instrument of government was taken in pieces, and examined, one article after another. 1842 T. B. Macaulay Virginia in Lays Anc. Rome 163 Must I be torn in pieces? 1876 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (ed. 2) IV. xviii. 193 When they submitted, their army..at once fell in pieces. 1944 R. Lehmann Ballad & Source 222 We've torn them in pieces and bunged them into a giant's stew-pot. 1991 M. Frutkin Invading Tibet viii. 138 Three Gurkhas leapt forward, slicing him into pieces with their kukris. < as lemmas |
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