英语词汇“lick the letter”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

P2. to hunt (also †affect, †lick) the letter: to practise or study alliteration. In later use chiefly with reference to Renaissance or classical poetry.

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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of structure or thought > use figure of structure or thought [verb (intransitive)] > alliterate (of words) > practise alliteration

to hunt (also affect, lick) the letter1575

to lick the letter1605

alliterate1804

1575 G. Gascoigne Certayne Notes Instr. in Posies sig. T.iiii^v They do so hunte a letter to death, that they make it Crambé.

1579 E. K. in E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Ep. Ded. I scorne and spue out the rakehellye route of our ragged rymers (for so themselues vse to hunt the letter).

1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost iv. ii. 55 I wil somthing affect the letter, for it argues facilitie.

1605 W. Camden Remaines i. 27 The English and Welsh delighted much in licking the letter.

1624 R. Montagu Gagg for New Gospell? Pref. I could haue played the foole in alliteration, and hunted the letter as you haue done.

1869 N. Brit. Rev. Oct. 64/1 Mr. Browning is Saxon, and not Latin, when he hunts the letter with clash and clatter like Holophernes.

1900 S. E. Winbolt in tr. Virgil Georgics I. 79 Note the alliterations on p, v, and s. It is seldom that Virgil ‘hunts the letter’ to the extent of l. 389.

1942 T. R. Glover Challenge of Greek 211 We cannot think of Homer hunting the letter.

a. Of persons and animals. Formerly in many specialized uses. †to lick up (an enemy's forces): to destroy, ‘annihilate’ (after Numbers xxii. 4). †to lick (a person) of something: to cheat, ‘fleece’. †to lick the letter: to use alliteration. †to lick of the whip: to have a taste of punishment.

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the world > life > death > killing > slaughter > [verb (transitive)]

to bathe in bloodc1300

murderc1325

to make larder ofa1330

spend1481

to lick upa1500

slaught1535

butcher1562

wipe1577

slaughter1586

massacre1588

dispeople1596

shamble1601

depeople?1611

mow1615

internecate1623

dislaughter1661

mop1899

pogrom1915

decimate1944

overkill1946

society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > beat or flog [verb (intransitive)] > be beaten

to drink or lick (up) on the whipa1500

to lick of the whipa1500

to have it1599

vapulate1783

to eat stick1862

to get laldy1889

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > defrauding or swindling > perpetrate (a swindle) [verb (transitive)] > defraud or swindle > out of something

beguile1394

wrongc1484

delude1493

licka1500

to wipe a person's nose1577

uncle1585

cheat1597

cozen1602

to bob of1605

to bob out of1605

gull1612

foola1616

to set in the nick1616

to worm (a person) out of1617

shuffle1627

to baffle out of1652

chouse1654

trepan1662

bubble1668

trick1698

to bamboozle out of1705

fling1749

jockey1772

swindle1780

twiddle1825

to diddle out of1829

nig1829

to chisel out of1848

to beat out1851

nobble1852

duff1863

flim-flam1890

to hunt (also affect, lick) the letter1575

to lick the letter1605

alliterate1804

a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. iii. 41 In fayth, and for youre long taryyng Ye shal lik on the whyp.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Num. xxii. A Now shal this heape licke vp all that is aboute vs, euen as an oxe licketh vp the grasse in the felde [euē (euen) in text].]

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. cxxvj Yet sometyme thei wer slain, taken, and licked vp, or thei were ware.

1557 in P. F. Tytler Hist. Scotl. (1864) III. 388 Three hundred of them [Gascons] be licked up by the way.

1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries 259 b They confesse the craft themselues, wherby they licked vs of our money.

1598 J. Marston Scourge of Villanie i. iv. sig. D4 A crew..That lick the tayle of greatnes with their lips.

1605 W. Camden Remaines i. 27 The English and Welsh delighted much in licking the letter.

1642 T. Fuller Holy State v. ix. 391 Hypocrites rather then they will lose a drop of praise will lick it up with their own tongue.

1647 J. Trapp Mellificium Theol. in Comm. Epist. & Rev. 690 Till he had licked of the whip, and learned better language.

1726 Life Penn in Wks. (1782) I. 136 Those very lies..which himself had now licked up afresh.

单词	lick the letter
释义	> as lemmas to hunt (also †affect, †lick) the letter P2. to hunt (also †affect, †lick) the letter: to practise or study alliteration. In later use chiefly with reference to Renaissance or classical poetry. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of structure or thought > use figure of structure or thought [verb (intransitive)] > alliterate (of words) > practise alliteration to hunt (also affect, lick) the letter1575 to lick the letter1605 alliterate1804 1575 G. Gascoigne Certayne Notes Instr. in Posies sig. T.iiii^v They do so hunte a letter to death, that they make it Crambé. 1579 E. K. in E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Ep. Ded. I scorne and spue out the rakehellye route of our ragged rymers (for so themselues vse to hunt the letter). 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost iv. ii. 55 I wil somthing affect the letter, for it argues facilitie. View more context for this quotation 1605 W. Camden Remaines i. 27 The English and Welsh delighted much in licking the letter. 1624 R. Montagu Gagg for New Gospell? Pref. I could haue played the foole in alliteration, and hunted the letter as you haue done. 1869 N. Brit. Rev. Oct. 64/1 Mr. Browning is Saxon, and not Latin, when he hunts the letter with clash and clatter like Holophernes. 1900 S. E. Winbolt in tr. Virgil Georgics I. 79 Note the alliterations on p, v, and s. It is seldom that Virgil ‘hunts the letter’ to the extent of l. 389. 1942 T. R. Glover Challenge of Greek 211 We cannot think of Homer hunting the letter. extracted from lettern.¹ to lick the letter a. Of persons and animals. Formerly in many specialized uses. †to lick up (an enemy's forces): to destroy, ‘annihilate’ (after Numbers xxii. 4). †to lick (a person) of something: to cheat, ‘fleece’. †to lick the letter: to use alliteration. †to lick of the whip: to have a taste of punishment. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > slaughter > [verb (transitive)] to bathe in bloodc1300 murderc1325 to make larder ofa1330 spend1481 to lick upa1500 slaught1535 butcher1562 wipe1577 slaughter1586 massacre1588 dispeople1596 shamble1601 depeople?1611 mow1615 internecate1623 dislaughter1661 mop1899 pogrom1915 decimate1944 overkill1946 society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > beat or flog [verb (intransitive)] > be beaten to drink or lick (up) on the whipa1500 to lick of the whipa1500 to have it1599 vapulate1783 to eat stick1862 to get laldy1889 the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > defrauding or swindling > perpetrate (a swindle) [verb (transitive)] > defraud or swindle > out of something beguile1394 wrongc1484 delude1493 licka1500 to wipe a person's nose1577 uncle1585 cheat1597 cozen1602 to bob of1605 to bob out of1605 gull1612 foola1616 to set in the nick1616 to worm (a person) out of1617 shuffle1627 to baffle out of1652 chouse1654 trepan1662 bubble1668 trick1698 to bamboozle out of1705 fling1749 jockey1772 swindle1780 twiddle1825 to diddle out of1829 nig1829 to chisel out of1848 to beat out1851 nobble1852 duff1863 flim-flam1890 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of structure or thought > use figure of structure or thought [verb (intransitive)] > alliterate (of words) > practise alliteration to hunt (also affect, lick) the letter1575 to lick the letter1605 alliterate1804 a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. iii. 41 In fayth, and for youre long taryyng Ye shal lik on the whyp. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Num. xxii. A Now shal this heape licke vp all that is aboute vs, euen as an oxe licketh vp the grasse in the felde [euē (euen) in text].] 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. cxxvj Yet sometyme thei wer slain, taken, and licked vp, or thei were ware. 1557 in P. F. Tytler Hist. Scotl. (1864) III. 388 Three hundred of them [Gascons] be licked up by the way. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries 259 b They confesse the craft themselues, wherby they licked vs of our money. 1598 J. Marston Scourge of Villanie i. iv. sig. D4 A crew..That lick the tayle of greatnes with their lips. 1605 W. Camden Remaines i. 27 The English and Welsh delighted much in licking the letter. 1642 T. Fuller Holy State v. ix. 391 Hypocrites rather then they will lose a drop of praise will lick it up with their own tongue. 1647 J. Trapp Mellificium Theol. in Comm. Epist. & Rev. 690 Till he had licked of the whip, and learned better language. 1726 Life Penn in Wks. (1782) I. 136 Those very lies..which himself had now licked up afresh. extracted from lickv. < as lemmas
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