| 单词 | strong thief |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstrong thief g. Of a malefactor: flagrantly guilty; habitually offending. Chiefly in strong thief. Now archaic or historical. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > heinousness > [adjective] awlyc1200 grievousa1300 grilla1300 uglya1300 strongc1300 outrageousa1325 heinousc1374 excessive1393 curseda1400 fella1400 misshapenc1400 rankc1400 monstruousc1425 enorm1481 prodigiousc1487 villainous1489 nefand1490 sceleratea1513 monstrous1531 funestal1538 enormious1545 facinorous1548 flagitious1550 dire1567 bonable1575 felonious1575 bomination1589 unvenial?1589 heathenish1592 enormous1593 villainous1598 nameless1611 pitchy1612 funest1636 funestous1641 scarleta1643 nefandous1649 aversable1663 atrocious1669 frightful1700 flagrant1706 atrocea1734 diabolical1750 unspeakable1831 the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > guilt > [adjective] > extremely strongc1300 society > morality > moral evil > guilt > [adjective] > very strongc1300 c1300 St. Thomas Becket (Laud) 1229 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 141 So strong þeof nis non in engelonde. c1475 Gregory's Chron. in J. Gairdner Hist. Coll. Citizen London (1876) 163 And that same yere there was a stronge thefe that was namyd Bolton was drawe, hanggyd, and i-quarteryde. a1500 (?a1450) Gesta Romanorum (BL Add. 9066) (1879) 390 She sayde, ‘oute on the, stronge strompette!’ 1518 in I. S. Leadam Select Cases Star Chamber (1911) II. 137 John Powre..pykyd a quarell to hym..and Callyd hym strong thefe and extorcyoner. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) iv. i. 108 Bargulus the strong Illyrian Pyrate. 1699 Guide Juries 77 B. is a maintainer of Thieves, and a strong Thief himself; here the word strong signifying little or nothing, need not be proved spoken. 1721 J. Kelly Compl. Coll. Scotish Prov. 123 Give a strong Thief a stark Name. 1827 H. Laurence London in Olden Time 2nd Ser. 12 That strong thief Norman..shall never take sanctuary again. 1890 W. Morris Story of Glittering Plain (1892) v. 36 I am in evil plight, in the hands of strong-thieves of the sea. 1976 R. Kirk in K. McCauley Frights 14 He feared and detested strong thieves..; to avoid them.., he steered clear of the cities. 2003 R. Boyd tr. R. Castel From Man. Workers to Wage Laborers i. ii. 83 The status of vagabond already makes him suspect and when he is arrested, this aggravates the verdict, labeling him a ‘strong thief’. < as lemmas |
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