英语词汇“beat to death”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

(a) Modifying verbs, esp. verbs expressing violent or persistent action, and sometimes emphasizing verbs already meaning ‘to kill’, as to beat (also stone, †slay, etc.) to death. Also as complement to corresponding agent nouns, as hounder to death, etc. Cf. sense Phrases 2a(a).

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the world > life > death > killing > killing by specific method > kill [verb (transitive)] > by blow(s)

to beat (also stone, slay, etc.) to deathOE

to swap to (the) death, of livea1375

to ding to deathc1380

to knock on (in) the head (also rarely at head)?1562

settle?1611

to bowl (one) to deatha1616

tomahawk1711

stocking1762

out1899

to knock out1903

OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 2nd Ser. (Cambr. Gg.3.28) xiii. 135 Þa sende he betwux him fyrene næddran þa totæron ðæs folces fela manna and to deaðe geættrodon.

c1225 (?c1200) St. Juliana (Royal) 464 He sloh him wið a stan to deaðe.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 12851 And..a-quellen hine to deðen.

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Micah vii. 2 A man hunteth his brother to deth.

?c1430 (c1400) J. Wyclif Eng. Wks. (1880) 138 Bi strong pursuynge to deþ of alle trewe men.

c1475 in R. H. Robbins Hist. Poems 14th & 15th Cent. (1959) 223 (MED) He toke this rightwys kyng..And hym in prison put perpetuelly, Pyned to deth, alas, ful pyteuxly.

c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy (2002) f. 146 The Troiens..Dong hom to dethe.

1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets xcix. sig. G^v A vengfull canker eate him vp to death .

1660 H. More Explan. Grand Myst. Godliness iii. xiii. 85 The more Zealous of the people lye in the way to be squeezed to death by the wheels.

a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1734) II. 353 Some houses fell and crushed their Masters to death.

1735 tr. C. Rollin Anc. Hist. V. 202 He ordered them all to be shot to death with arrows.

a1774 R. Fergusson Poems (1785) 175 My travellers are fley'd to deid Wi' creels wanchancy, heap'd wi' bread, Frae whilk hing down uncanny nicksticks.

1807 J. Milner Martyrs i. §2. 49 He was..beat to death with cudgels.

1890 H. Morley Eng. Writers VI. iv. 98 They should not be proud, greedy, and intolerant, doers to death of those who say that they can sin.

1898 Westm. Gaz. 28 Oct. 4/2 A plague officer,..while on plague duty, has been stoned to death at Hindupur.

1908 R. Johnson Authors Digest II. 265 Every one of the evil hounders to death of the two friends derived great advantages from their villainy.

1959 Washington Post 15 Aug. a3/1 Two hoodlums were gunned to death on Chicago's West Side today.

1997 J. Owen Camden Girls 8 It takes a long time to choke to death.

2007 S. Dunne Reaper (2009) i. 14 There's been a murder, sir. Some old dear, Strangled and beaten to death.

g. to beat (also flog) to death figurative: to repeat too often or ad nauseam; to overdo.For literal use of to beat to death see Phrases 1a(a). See also Phrases 1c(b).

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1904 Inverell (New S. Wales) Argus 23 July 2/6 That matter had been flogged to death. (Voice: ‘Yes, let it drop!’).

1948 N.Y. Times 15 Nov. x5/3 He expects his projected picture..to be the first of a cycle of films about post-war Japan which will ultimately ‘beat the subject to death, cinematically’.

1989 Q Dec. 170/4 Rather than flogging one idea to death, as so many punk bands did, Swell Maps could be a light-hearted, shambolic pop group.

2004 Washington Post 11 Sept. (Home ed.) a19/2 It is frustrating to see sportswriters and legal experts alike beat ‘celebrity trials’ to death.

单词	beat to death
释义	> as lemmas to beat (also stone, †slay, etc.) to death (a) Modifying verbs, esp. verbs expressing violent or persistent action, and sometimes emphasizing verbs already meaning ‘to kill’, as to beat (also stone, †slay, etc.) to death. Also as complement to corresponding agent nouns, as hounder to death, etc. Cf. sense Phrases 2a(a). ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > killing by specific method > kill [verb (transitive)] > by blow(s) to beat (also stone, slay, etc.) to deathOE to swap to (the) death, of livea1375 to ding to deathc1380 to knock on (in) the head (also rarely at head)?1562 settle?1611 to bowl (one) to deatha1616 tomahawk1711 stocking1762 out1899 to knock out1903 OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 2nd Ser. (Cambr. Gg.3.28) xiii. 135 Þa sende he betwux him fyrene næddran þa totæron ðæs folces fela manna and to deaðe geættrodon. c1225 (?c1200) St. Juliana (Royal) 464 He sloh him wið a stan to deaðe. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 12851 And..a-quellen hine to deðen. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Micah vii. 2 A man hunteth his brother to deth. ?c1430 (c1400) J. Wyclif Eng. Wks. (1880) 138 Bi strong pursuynge to deþ of alle trewe men. c1475 in R. H. Robbins Hist. Poems 14th & 15th Cent. (1959) 223 (MED) He toke this rightwys kyng..And hym in prison put perpetuelly, Pyned to deth, alas, ful pyteuxly. c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy (2002) f. 146 The Troiens..Dong hom to dethe. 1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets xcix. sig. G^v A vengfull canker eate him vp to death . View more context for this quotation 1660 H. More Explan. Grand Myst. Godliness iii. xiii. 85 The more Zealous of the people lye in the way to be squeezed to death by the wheels. a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1734) II. 353 Some houses fell and crushed their Masters to death. 1735 tr. C. Rollin Anc. Hist. V. 202 He ordered them all to be shot to death with arrows. a1774 R. Fergusson Poems (1785) 175 My travellers are fley'd to deid Wi' creels wanchancy, heap'd wi' bread, Frae whilk hing down uncanny nicksticks. 1807 J. Milner Martyrs i. §2. 49 He was..beat to death with cudgels. 1890 H. Morley Eng. Writers VI. iv. 98 They should not be proud, greedy, and intolerant, doers to death of those who say that they can sin. 1898 Westm. Gaz. 28 Oct. 4/2 A plague officer,..while on plague duty, has been stoned to death at Hindupur. 1908 R. Johnson Authors Digest II. 265 Every one of the evil hounders to death of the two friends derived great advantages from their villainy. 1959 Washington Post 15 Aug. a3/1 Two hoodlums were gunned to death on Chicago's West Side today. 1997 J. Owen Camden Girls 8 It takes a long time to choke to death. 2007 S. Dunne Reaper (2009) i. 14 There's been a murder, sir. Some old dear, Strangled and beaten to death. extracted from deathn. to beat (also flog) to death g. to beat (also flog) to death figurative: to repeat too often or ad nauseam; to overdo.For literal use of to beat to death see Phrases 1a(a). See also Phrases 1c(b). ΚΠ 1904 Inverell (New S. Wales) Argus 23 July 2/6 That matter had been flogged to death. (Voice: ‘Yes, let it drop!’). 1948 N.Y. Times 15 Nov. x5/3 He expects his projected picture..to be the first of a cycle of films about post-war Japan which will ultimately ‘beat the subject to death, cinematically’. 1989 Q Dec. 170/4 Rather than flogging one idea to death, as so many punk bands did, Swell Maps could be a light-hearted, shambolic pop group. 2004 Washington Post 11 Sept. (Home ed.) a19/2 It is frustrating to see sportswriters and legal experts alike beat ‘celebrity trials’ to death. extracted from deathn. < as lemmas
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