单词 | begnaw |
释义 | begnawv. transitive. To gnaw at; to corrode; to nibble. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > cause bad condition in [verb (transitive)] > eat away begnawa1000 gnawa1000 freta1200 corrode1555 eat1555 befreta1592 a1000 Martyrol. 9 July (Bosw.). 1558 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Seuen First Bks. Eneidos iii. G ij b The pray..begnawn ful fowle they leaue. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III i. iii. 219 The worme of conscience still begnaw thy soule. View more context for this quotation 1880 T. E. Webb tr. J. W. von Goethe Faust i. iii. 87 Commands thee [i.e. a rat]..yonder threshold spell begnaw. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < v.a1000 |
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