| 单词 | the spoils of war |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe spoils of war b. In plural. Also more fully in the spoils of war. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > stolen goods > [noun] > spoil or plunder reifOE fang1016 fengc1175 purchasec1325 predec1330 robberyc1330 robbingsc1330 spoila1340 spoila1382 chevisance1393 waitha1400 fee14.. pilferc1400 pelfa1425 spreathc1425 butinc1450 emprisec1450 gain1473 despoil1474 pelfry?a1475 pilfery1489 spulyie1507 cheat1566 bootinga1572 booty1574 escheat1587 boot1598 exuvial1632 bootyn1635 polling1675 expilation1715 prog1727 swag1794 filch1798 spreaghery1814 stake1819 the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > stolen goods > [noun] > spoil or plunder > taken in war or raid here-fengc1275 preya1325 wainc1330 spoila1340 ravinc1350 spoila1382 pillagea1393 forayc1425 booty1474 trophya1522 prize1522 sackage1609 boot-haling1622 free-booty1623 plunder1647 capture1706 loot1839 sack1859 (a) figurative.1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 159 Now gentle gales..dispense Native perfumes, and whisper whence they stole Those balmie spoiles . View more context for this quotation1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth I. 133 The new islands which are sometimes formed from the spoils of the continent.(b)1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 147 Mighty Cæsar, thund'ring from afar, Seeks on Euphrates Banks the Spoils of War . View more context for this quotation1865 C. Stanford Symbols Christ (1878) i. 6 Who after a long pursuit recovered the prisoners with all the spoils of war.1892 L. Villari tr. P. Villari Life & Times Machiavelli (new ed.) II. ii. iv. 184 Only of the spoils of war has the prince the right to be lavish.a1340 R. Rolle Psalter cxviii. 162 I sall be glad on þi wordis as he þat fyndis spoils many. 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Gen. xlix. 27 The morwen tide he shall eete a pray, and the euen~tide he shal dyuyde spoylis. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Luke xi. 22 Sothli if a strongere comynge aboue ouercome him, he..schal dele abrood his spuylis. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Macc. viii. 27 So they toke their weapens and spoyles & kepte the Sabbath, geuynge, thankes vnto the Lorde. 1601 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Trauellers Breuiat 103 The Tartars choosing this for their seate and countrie, beautified it with the spoiles of Asia. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) ii. i. 82 I haue loaden me with many Spoyles, Vsing no other Weapon but his Name. View more context for this quotation 1654 J. Bramhall Just Vindic. Church of Eng. iii. 37 Why did they not..preserve the spoiles of the cloisters for publick and charitable uses? 1712 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1889) III. 311 Offering to him the Spoyls of the Enemy. 1746 W. Dunkin tr. Horace in P. Francis & W. Dunkin tr. Horace Epistles ii. ii. 36 A common Soldier, who by various Toils And Perils gain'd a Competence in Spoils. 1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 81 Are the curates to be seduced from their bishops, by holding out to them the delusive hope of a dole out of the spoils of their own order? View more context for this quotation 1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward II. iii. 60 A rich Turkey carpet, the spoils of the tent of a Pacha after the great battle of Jaiza. 1868 J. H. Blunt Reformation Church of Eng. I. 325 The great spoils of which the king had possessed himself. 1891 F. W. Farrar Darkness & Dawn II. lxi. 285 Informers who had recently been enriched with the spoils of the innocent. < as lemmas |
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