单词 | the sweat of brow , face |
释义 | > as lemmasthe sweat of (one's) brow (†brows), face b. the sweat of (one's) brow (†brows), face, etc., expressing toil (cf. 9): after Genesis iii. 19. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > [noun] > labour or toil workeOE i-swincheOE swenchOE swote971 swingc1000 swinkOE swinkinga1225 travailc1275 cark1330 sweatc1380 the sweat of (one's) brow (brows), facec1380 laboura1382 swengc1400 labouragec1470 toil1495 laborationa1500 tug1504 urea1510 carp1548 turmoil1569 moil1612 praelabour1663 fatigue1669 insudation1669 till?a1800 Kaffir work1848 graft1853 workfulness1854 collar-work1871 yakka1888 swot1899 heavy lifting1934 c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 51 Þei ben tauȝt to lyue in swet of here body bi comaundement of god. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Gen. iii. D In the sweate of thy face shalt thou eate thy bred. 1553 T. Wilson Arte Rhetorique Pref. (1580) A vij b Who would trauaile and toile with the sweate of his browes? 1621 R. Brathwait Natures Embassie 136 Liue on the sweat of others browes. 1650 J. Trapp Clavis to Bible (Gen. ii. 15) 24 It was after his fall laid upon him as a punishment, Gen. 3. 19. to eat his bread in the sweat of his nose. 1718 M. Prior Solomon on Vanity iii, in Poems Several Occasions (new ed.) 486 E'er yet He earns his Bread, a-down his Brow, Inclin'd to Earth, his lab'ring Sweat must flow.] 1779 Earl of Carlisle in J. H. Jesse G. Selwyn & his Contemp. (1844) IV. 257 You are entitled to some happiness, for you have earned it with the sweat of your brow. 1832 R. Southey Ess. I. 179 When he receives his daily wages for the sweat of his brow. 1886 ‘S. Tytler’ Buried Diamonds xxvi A day laborer, who could..earn enough by the sweat of his brow to keep his wife and sick daughter from starving. < as lemmas |
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