英语词汇“not a stick”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

c. not a stick and variants: absolutely nothing; no piece or part of a thing, esp. a building or other structure. Often in the context of total destruction or eradication.

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?1571 in A. Jenkinson et al. Early Voy. Russia & Persia (1886) II. 339 One of ye dukes howses..was consomed with fyer & not one stick left.

a1599 E. Spenser View State Ireland 13 in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) Of all Townes, Castles, Forts, Bridges, and Habitations, they left not any sticke standing.

1625 in W. Foster Eng. Factories India 1624–9 (1909) 80 The Sultan suffaringe not a sticke to bee puld downe out of aney house.

1680 Acct. Prodigious Storms London-Derry (single sheet) (verso) The River..brought with it an infinite deal of Timber, Sticks, Straw and Rubbish, which gathering together at the side of our New Bridge, and having no vent it overthrew, and there is not one stick left, and so the prettiest Bridge in Ireland is lost.

1700 G. Booth tr. Diodorus Siculus Hist. Libr. xiv. vii. 384 Imilco demolish'd Messina, and commanded his Soldiers to pull down the Houses to the ground, so as not one stick should be left standing.

1756 M. Calderwood Lett. & Jrnls. (1884) vi. 151 Planted with fine trees till you come to Tirlemont, where the French have not left a stick.

1817 G. Soane Falls of Clyde i. i. 6 Ken. Let all these hovels—all—be instantly demolished!.. Mal. Leave not a stick standing—leave not an ember burning!

1893 A. Conan Doyle Refugees xxxv. 322 ‘And the fort burned?’ ‘Not a stick was left standing.’

1915 J. Buchan Salute to Adventurers iii. 40 I began to fancy that Muckle John's true place was with the Mussulmans, for he left not a stick of Christianity behind him.

1965 N.Y. Times 11 Aug. 10/4 Not a stick remains of the stately Victorian homes that dotted the island before the war.

2012 J. Lockett Discov. of Weather vi. 176 Fish houses were carried away, and not a stick was left standing where the wharves had been.

单词	not a stick
释义	> as lemmas not a stick c. not a stick and variants: absolutely nothing; no piece or part of a thing, esp. a building or other structure. Often in the context of total destruction or eradication. ΚΠ ?1571 in A. Jenkinson et al. Early Voy. Russia & Persia (1886) II. 339 One of ye dukes howses..was consomed with fyer & not one stick left. a1599 E. Spenser View State Ireland 13 in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) Of all Townes, Castles, Forts, Bridges, and Habitations, they left not any sticke standing. 1625 in W. Foster Eng. Factories India 1624–9 (1909) 80 The Sultan suffaringe not a sticke to bee puld downe out of aney house. 1680 Acct. Prodigious Storms London-Derry (single sheet) (verso) The River..brought with it an infinite deal of Timber, Sticks, Straw and Rubbish, which gathering together at the side of our New Bridge, and having no vent it overthrew, and there is not one stick left, and so the prettiest Bridge in Ireland is lost. 1700 G. Booth tr. Diodorus Siculus Hist. Libr. xiv. vii. 384 Imilco demolish'd Messina, and commanded his Soldiers to pull down the Houses to the ground, so as not one stick should be left standing. 1756 M. Calderwood Lett. & Jrnls. (1884) vi. 151 Planted with fine trees till you come to Tirlemont, where the French have not left a stick. 1817 G. Soane Falls of Clyde i. i. 6 Ken. Let all these hovels—all—be instantly demolished!.. Mal. Leave not a stick standing—leave not an ember burning! 1893 A. Conan Doyle Refugees xxxv. 322 ‘And the fort burned?’ ‘Not a stick was left standing.’ 1915 J. Buchan Salute to Adventurers iii. 40 I began to fancy that Muckle John's true place was with the Mussulmans, for he left not a stick of Christianity behind him. 1965 N.Y. Times 11 Aug. 10/4 Not a stick remains of the stately Victorian homes that dotted the island before the war. 2012 J. Lockett Discov. of Weather vi. 176 Fish houses were carried away, and not a stick was left standing where the wharves had been. extracted from stickn.¹ < as lemmas
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