| 单词 | it irks |
| 释义 | > as lemmasit irks (me) b. impersonal it irks (me), it wearies, annoys, troubles (me); = Latin piget. Const. infinitive or clause; formerly of. archaic. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > be annoyed or vexed [verb (intransitive)] gramea1225 aruea1230 irkc1330 teena1400 it irks (me)1483 heavec1540 vex1592 chagrin1728 the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > be or become wearied or bored [verb (intransitive)] > be or become wearisome or tedious to think longeOE it irks (me)1483 dull?1529 flag1678 weary1815 stale1893 feed1933 1483 Cath. Angl. 198/2 To irke, fastidire, tedere, pigere. 1533 T. More Answere Poysened Bk. v. ii. f. cclxxii Yt yrketh me to loke vppon the place agayne nowe whan yt ys to late to mende it. 1562 Certayn Serm. preached in Lincs. in H. Latimer 27 Serm. ii. f. 87v It irked them that they should pay tribute. 1600 J. Pory tr. J. Leo Hist. Descr. Afr. (1896) II. 414 This towne is so durtie, that it would irke a man to walke the streets. 1646 P. Bulkley Gospel-covenant v. 372 Mony times it irks us that we had them, and now have them not. 1721 J. Strype Eccl. Memorials III. i. xxx. 236 Then it irked him of his theft. 1748 W. Shenstone School-mistress xix, in R. Dodsley Coll. Poems (ed. 2) I. 255 It irks me whilst I write. 1814 Ld. Byron Corsair i. xiii. 17 It irks not me to die. 1850 N. Hawthorne Scarlet Let. iii. 75 It irks me..that the partner of her iniquity should not..stand on the scaffold by her side. < as lemmas |
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