英语词汇“the devil mend”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

(a) transitive. In asseverative declarations and oaths (cf. help v. 1c). Now chiefly in Scottish and Irish English, in the devil (also hell) mend (a person or thing), etc.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > improvement > [verb (transitive)] > specifically a person

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c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) 1575 ‘Wolleþ ȝe ȝou defende?’..‘Ȝea, so god me mende.’

c1425 (c1400) Laud Troy-bk. 433 (MED) Lordynges, so god me mende, Lamedon me to ȝow sende.

a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1897–1973) 323 As mahowne me mende..Thus shall we say.

a1500 (?a1475) Guy of Warwick (Cambr. Ff.2.38) 6864 (MED) Hys felows wolde wyth hym wende; He wolde not let þem, so god me mende.

1568 Newe Comedie Iacob & Esau i. iii. sig. B.j^v The most gentle yong man aliue, as God me mende.

1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet i. v. 78 You'le not indure him? God shall mend my soule.

a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) iv. i. 179 By my troth, and in good earnest, and so God mend mee, and by all pretty oathes that are not dangerous.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) v. vi. 68 Heauen mend all.

1789 J. Wolcot Subj. for Painters in Wks. (1812) II. 136 Where'er they go, poor imps God mend 'em!

a1811 R. Cumberland Passive Husband i. i, in Posthumous Dramatick Wks. (1813) I. 232 Truc. Her nerves are all to pieces. Pat. The Devil mend 'em, say I!

1816 C. Lamb Glenarvon II. xxxviii. 383 I shall not let you stir from these apartments..till my nephew comes; and, then, God mend you, or take you.

1865 A. C. Swinburne Chastelard ii. i. 54 God mend all, I pray—And keep us from all wrongdoing and wild words.

1907 J. M. Synge Playboy of Western World ii. 43 Shawn. I seen your mountainy sheep eating cabbages in Jimmy's field... Pegeen. Oh, God mend them!

1986 T. Murphy Bailegangaire i, in Plays: 2 (1993) 95 The Bochtáns were never entirely fortunate. An' devil mend them. An' scald them.

1992 A. Gray Poor Things (1993) i. 9 If Scraffles puts me in a pauper's grave then Hell mend him!

单词	the devil mend
释义	> as lemmas the devil (also hell) mend (a person or thing) (a) transitive. In asseverative declarations and oaths (cf. help v. 1c). Now chiefly in Scottish and Irish English, in the devil (also hell) mend (a person or thing), etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > improvement > [verb (transitive)] > specifically a person mendc1380 c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) 1575 ‘Wolleþ ȝe ȝou defende?’..‘Ȝea, so god me mende.’ c1425 (c1400) Laud Troy-bk. 433 (MED) Lordynges, so god me mende, Lamedon me to ȝow sende. a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1897–1973) 323 As mahowne me mende..Thus shall we say. a1500 (?a1475) Guy of Warwick (Cambr. Ff.2.38) 6864 (MED) Hys felows wolde wyth hym wende; He wolde not let þem, so god me mende. 1568 Newe Comedie Iacob & Esau i. iii. sig. B.j^v The most gentle yong man aliue, as God me mende. 1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet i. v. 78 You'le not indure him? God shall mend my soule. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) iv. i. 179 By my troth, and in good earnest, and so God mend mee, and by all pretty oathes that are not dangerous. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) v. vi. 68 Heauen mend all. View more context for this quotation 1789 J. Wolcot Subj. for Painters in Wks. (1812) II. 136 Where'er they go, poor imps God mend 'em! a1811 R. Cumberland Passive Husband i. i, in Posthumous Dramatick Wks. (1813) I. 232 Truc. Her nerves are all to pieces. Pat. The Devil mend 'em, say I! 1816 C. Lamb Glenarvon II. xxxviii. 383 I shall not let you stir from these apartments..till my nephew comes; and, then, God mend you, or take you. 1865 A. C. Swinburne Chastelard ii. i. 54 God mend all, I pray—And keep us from all wrongdoing and wild words. 1907 J. M. Synge Playboy of Western World ii. 43 Shawn. I seen your mountainy sheep eating cabbages in Jimmy's field... Pegeen. Oh, God mend them! 1986 T. Murphy Bailegangaire i, in Plays: 2 (1993) 95 The Bochtáns were never entirely fortunate. An' devil mend them. An' scald them. 1992 A. Gray Poor Things (1993) i. 9 If Scraffles puts me in a pauper's grave then Hell mend him! extracted from mendv. < as lemmas
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