| 单词 | not to put too fine an edge upon it |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnot to put too fine an edge upon it a. With direct reference to 1, 1c. Power to ‘cut’ or wound; keen effectiveness. of language: Trenchant Force (cf. point). Of appetite, passion, desires, enjoyment, etc.: Keenness. Phrases (used also literally in 1, 1c), †to add an edge to; to put, set an edge upon; to dull, blunt the edge of, etc. not to put too fine an edge upon it: to use ‘blunt’, outspoken language. to give (a person) the rough edge of one's tongue, to abuse, revile. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [noun] > vigour or intensity of action > force or intensity of operation or effect strengthOE forcec1320 vigour?a1445 forcibleness1563 accent1591 edgea1593 strongnessa1604 keenness?1606 forcefulness1825 power drive1927 kilowattage1935 wattage1964 welly1977 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > vigour or force > [noun] > incisiveness edgea1593 pointa1643 pointedness1693 penpoint1805 incisiveness1865 trenchancy1866 crispness1885 trenchantness1892 cutting edge1929 a1593 H. Smith Serm. (1866) II. 88 To add an edge unto our prayers. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III v. viii. 35 Abate the edge of traitors gracious Lord. View more context for this quotation 1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. iii. v. 537 Faultes and contrary successes, giue it [love] edge and grace. a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) iv. i. 29 To take away The edge of that dayes celebration. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) i. ii. 72 She moues me not, or not remoues at least Affections edge in me. View more context for this quotation a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1953) VI. 268 The Apostle there..changes the edge of his argument. 1642 T. Fuller Holy State iii. xi. 179 Take not too much at once, lest thy brain turn edge. 1654 J. Bramhall Just Vindic. Church of Eng. iv. 86 The edge and validity of it [sc. ecclesiastical law] did proceed from authority royal. 1704 in Colonial Rec. Pennsylvania (1852) II. 142 Pleads reasons ye Edge of which..has wore off. 1775 R. B. Sheridan Rivals 1st Prol. No tricking here, to blunt the edge of law. 1830 T. Hamilton Cyril Thornton (1845) 79 Exercise..had given more than its wonted edge to my appetite. 1838 W. H. Prescott Hist. Reign Ferdinand & Isabella II. ii. vii. 450 Several circumstances operated to sharpen the edge of intolerance. 1871 A. C. Swinburne in Fortn. Rev. July 48 The marble majesty of Calantha [in Ford's ‘Broken Heart’]..gives force and edge to the lofty passion of the catastrophe. 1879 J. R. Lowell Poet. Wks. (rev. ed.) 375 Yet knows to put an edge upon his speech. a1891 Mod. He is, not to put too fine an edge upon it, a thoroughpaced scoundrel. 1915 P. G. Wodehouse Psmith, Journalist xiii. 90 It will give our output precisely the edge it requires. 1932 H. Crane Let. 31 Mar. (1965) 405 Dangers that give the same edge to life here that the mountains give to the horizon. a1935 W. Holtby South Riding (1936) iii. iii. 175 That girl gives them the rough edge of her tongue. 1939 W. H. Baumer Sports as taught & played at West Point 348 Often talk by the trainer on any other subject than the game will take off the ‘edge’. 1939 F. Thompson Lark Rise i. 14 It took the edge off the appetite. 1946 Penguin Music Mag. Dec. 103 The tone is full and incisive, with a distinct edge to it—perhaps rather too distinct. 1957 Ess. & Stud. 10 42 ‘Then came still Evening on.’ The stately order takes the edge off the homely expression ‘Evening came on’. < as lemmas |
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