英语词汇“at mischief”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

†a. at (great, etc.) mischief [compare Old French, Middle French a meschief, a grant meschief (late 12th cent.)] : in (great) misfortune or poverty; in distress; spec. at a disadvantage in battle. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > adversity > in adversity [phrase] > in an evil plight

at (great, etc.) mischiefa1375

on the ragged edge1874

(down) on one's uppers1886

a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) 1362 (MED) Told þei hire..at how miche meschef here men were.

?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) (1996) i. 9716 Þei wer at mischefe, for to scape þam were lefe.

a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) viii. 560 (MED) Thou deiest in prisoun at myscheef as a wrechche.

a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) II. 595 Yet at my myscheffe sir Trystram rescowed me fro my deth.

1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xi. 604 The erll and his thus fechtand war At gret myscheiff.

a1561 G. Cavendish Metrical Visions (1980) 1034 By Cruell ffortune, at myschefe she endyd.

1567 Compend. Bk. Godly Songs (1897) 206 Of lait I saw thir lymmaris stand Lyke mad men at mischeif.

1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Sept. 10 Or bene they chaffred? or at mischiefe dead? [gloss, an vnusuall speache, but much vsurped of Lidgate, and sometime of Chaucer].

1700 J. Dryden Chaucer's Palamon & Arcite iii. 68 Nor, if at Mischief taken, on the Ground Be slain, but Pris'ners to the Pillar bound [etc.].

单词	at mischief
释义	> as lemmas at (great, etc.) mischief †a. at (great, etc.) mischief [compare Old French, Middle French a meschief, a grant meschief (late 12th cent.)] : in (great) misfortune or poverty; in distress; spec. at a disadvantage in battle. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > in adversity [phrase] > in an evil plight at (great, etc.) mischiefa1375 on the ragged edge1874 (down) on one's uppers1886 a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) 1362 (MED) Told þei hire..at how miche meschef here men were. ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) (1996) i. 9716 Þei wer at mischefe, for to scape þam were lefe. a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) viii. 560 (MED) Thou deiest in prisoun at myscheef as a wrechche. a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) II. 595 Yet at my myscheffe sir Trystram rescowed me fro my deth. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xi. 604 The erll and his thus fechtand war At gret myscheiff. a1561 G. Cavendish Metrical Visions (1980) 1034 By Cruell ffortune, at myschefe she endyd. 1567 Compend. Bk. Godly Songs (1897) 206 Of lait I saw thir lymmaris stand Lyke mad men at mischeif. 1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Sept. 10 Or bene they chaffred? or at mischiefe dead? [gloss, an vnusuall speache, but much vsurped of Lidgate, and sometime of Chaucer]. 1700 J. Dryden Chaucer's Palamon & Arcite iii. 68 Nor, if at Mischief taken, on the Ground Be slain, but Pris'ners to the Pillar bound [etc.]. extracted from mischiefn. < as lemmas
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