| 单词 | sting to death |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto sting to death ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > making holes or becoming holed > make (an opening or hole) [verb (transitive)] > make an opening or hole in or into > bore, pierce, or perforate > with something sharp-pointed shearOE sting993 stickOE spita1225 wound?c1225 stitchc1230 pitcha1275 threstc1275 forprick1297 steekc1300 piercec1325 rivec1330 dag?a1400 jag?a1400 lancec1400 pickc1400 tamec1400 forpierce1413 punch1440 launch1460 thringc1485 empiercec1487 to-pierce1488 joba1500 ding1529 stob?1530 probe1542 enthrill1563 inthirlc1580 cloy1590 burt1597 pink1597 lancinate1603 perterebrate1623 puncture1675 spike1687 skiver1832 bepierce1840 gimlet1841 prong1848 javelin1859 the world > life > death > killing > killing by specific method > kill [verb (transitive)] > by stabbing or cutting snithec725 ofstingeOE stickOE to sting to death13.. to put (do) to the sword1338 throata1382 to strike dead, to (the) deathc1390 hewc1400 stab1530 to stab (a person) in1530 poniard1593 stiletto1613 jugulate1623 kris1625 dagger1694 pike1787 to cut down1821 sword1863 993 Battle of Maldon 128 He mid gare stang wlancne wicing. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 13774 Boccus mid his spere stronge Bedver hafde istunge [c1300 Otho of-stonge]. a1300 Cursor Mundi 26018 Wit thorn, glaiue, nail,..Wit quilk þat crist for us was stongen. c1315 Shoreham ii. 116 A kniȝt wyþ one scharpe spere Stang hyne iþe ryȝt syde. 13.. K. Alis. (Laud) 3717 He..smyteþ a Duk arabian..And to þe deþ haþ hym stunge. c1394 P. Pl. Crede 553 Þei ben y-sewed wiþ whiȝt silk & semes full queynte, Y-stongen wiþ stiches þat stareþ as siluer. c1430 Syr Gener. (Roxb.) 5000 Thurgh the bodie he him stoong. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 290/2 Lawncyn, or stynge wythe a spere, or blode yryne, lanceo. 1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur xxi. x. 855 There was laementacyon as they had be stungyn wyth sperys. to sting to death a. ‘To pierce or wound with a point darted out, as that of wasps or scorpions’ (Johnson). Said also of venomous serpents and some other animals which inflict sharp or poisonous wounds. to sting to death; also to sting to the quick (now rare in literal sense: see 5). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > injure [verb (transitive)] > wound > sting or bite stingc888 pricka1200 to-sting?a1300 to-bite1375 bitea1382 stanga1400 tanga1400 strikec1480 c888 Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. xxxi. §2 Swa swa seo beo sceal losian þonne heo hwæt irringa stingð. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 17441 Þa neddress þatt stungenn þe menn. c1290 S. Eng. Leg. 206/232 Þe Crapoudes..stoungen heom þoruȝ heore heortene with heore foule wrottes grete. a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 3896 Ðor-fore hem cam wrim-kin among, Ðat hem wel bitterlike stong. a1400 Seuyn Sages (W.) 759 The adder so the grehound stang. 1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur xxi. iv. 845 An adder..stonge a knyght on the foot & whan the knyght felte hym stongen [etc.]. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 736/1 I wene this adder hath styngyd me. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball v. xxv. 584 Good to be dronken of them which are stongue with Bees and Waspes. 1587 R. Crompton Short Declar. End Traytors sig. Diijv Some times they were stinged to death, with fierie Serpents of straunge kind. 1630 J. Smith True Trav. xxvii. 58 Stung neere to death with a most poysoned taile of a fish called Stingray. c1662 in F. P. Verney & M. M. Verney Mem. Verney Family 17th Cent. (1907) II. 262 Little flyes which sting our hands and faces. 1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. ii. iii. 64 They would fix upon my Nose or Forehead, where they stung me to the quick. 1849 J. W. Carlyle Lett. II. 76 Stung by a wasp. 1878 T. Hardy Return of Native III. iv. vii. 64 Stung by an adder. < as lemmas |
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