| 单词 | staring blind |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstaring blind 1. In a manner or to an extent characterized by staring, as of a mad or (now less commonly) blind person; esp. as staring blind, staring mad. In later use usually reinforced by stark (see stark adv. 2b). Also as a general intensifier, esp. with reference to other mental states, as staring drunk, staring sober, etc. Cf. staringly adv. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > utterly allOE allOE outlyOE thwert-outc1175 skerea1225 thoroughc1225 downrightc1275 purec1300 purelyc1300 faira1325 finelyc1330 quitec1330 quitelyc1330 utterlyc1374 outerlya1382 plainlya1382 straighta1387 allutterly1389 starkc1390 oultrelya1393 plata1393 barec1400 outrightc1400 incomparablyc1422 absolutely?a1425 simpliciter?a1425 staringa1425 quitementa1450 properlyc1450 directly1455 merec1475 incomparable1482 preciselyc1503 clean?1515 cleara1522 plain1535 merely1546 stark1553 perfectly1555 right-down1566 simply1574 flat1577 flatly1577 skire1581 plumb1588 dead?1589 rankly1590 stark1593 sheera1600 start1599 handsmooth1600 peremptory1601 sheerly1601 rank1602 utter1619 point-blank1624 proofa1625 peremptorily1626 downrightly1632 right-down1646 solid1651 clever1664 just1668 hollow1671 entirely1673 blank1677 even down1677 cleverly1696 uncomparatively1702 subtly1733 point1762 cussed1779 regularly1789 unqualifiedly1789 irredeemably1790 positively1800 cussedly1802 heart1812 proper1816 slick1818 blankly1822 bang1828 smack1828 pluperfectly1831 unmitigatedly1832 bodaciously1833 unredeemedly1835 out of sight1839 bodacious1845 regular1846 thoroughly1846 ingrainedly1869 muckinga1880 fucking1893 motherless1898 self1907 stone1928 sideways1956 terminally1974 c1300 Havelok (Laud) (1868) l. 508 He him bi stod, Starinde als he were wod.] a1425 (?a1400) Cloud of Unknowing (Harl. 674) (1944) 98 (MED) Bot ȝif God schewe his merciful miracle to make hem sone leue of, þei schul loue God so longe on þis maner þat þei schul go staryng wood to þe deuil. 1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. xlvi Some ar so starynge mad that none can them holde. 1550 J. Heywood Hundred Epigrammes lxix. sig. Ciii I thinke it as good, by ought I can deuise, To be starke staryng blinde, as thus to haue eies. ?1555 Image of Idlenesse sig. E.iiii Then must he streyght wayes seme to be starke starynge madde. 1649 Mercurius Elencticus No. 26. 201 Brave Lilburne! thou the day has got, And made thy Friends full glad; Whil'st Bradshaw, Prideaux, Vane and Scot, Are all run staring-mad. 1719 W. Taverner 'Tis Well if it Takes i. iii. 11 A Man of Threescore must be stark staring Mad to suppose he can break the Fast of a Widow. 1798 W. Cobbett Democratic Judge Mar. 85 When they were stark staring drunk with revolutionary triumph, they had the good sense..to cling fast round this old trunk of solid and substantial liberty. 1836 Satirist 10 Apr. 118/3 Counter witnesses..affirmed that he was stark staring sober. 1839 John Bull 8 Dec. 585/1 They have pockets in front, a little below the level of the hips, and standing stark staring open, to admit the wet, whenever it rains. 1851 U.S. Mag. & Democratic Rev. July 48 For a time he went deranged—became stark, staring crazy. 1883 R. L. Stevenson Treasure Island i. iii. 25 At one look the rum went out of him, and left him staring sober. 1903 A. Bierce Shapes of Clay 217 I'm not Disposed to grapple with so great a matter. 'T would tie my thinker in a double knot And drive me staring mad as any hatter. 1961 Harper's Mag. Mar. 46/1 This would not be happening..if the two Theatre Guild producers weren't..raving, staring crazy. 2002 ‘H. Hill’ Flight from Deathrow ii. 10 Sir Peter Hall was stark staring angry about his considerable loss of face. 2010 M. Dacre Devonshire Folk Tales xvi. 101 Now she is staring mad and squats on her pillow, gibbering. < as lemmas |
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