英语词汇“to be a-brewing”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

5. intransitive. To be in preparation; to be in process of mixing, concocting, production, etc.: cf. 4. (The modern to be brewing, partly derived from an earlier to be a-brewing, is not altogether intransitive in origin: cf. the house is (a) building.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > prepare or get ready [verb (intransitive)] > be in preparation

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to be makingc1515

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a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 118 Bituix þe ald law and þe new, How crist brith bigan to brew.

a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xxx. 415 Youre baill now brewys.

1599 Mirour of Policie Worcester iii Doubtes that dayly brue.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) ii. ii. 19 Another Storme brewing .

1677 London Gaz. No. 1210/2 Some hundred Barrels of Beer brewing for the use of the Troops.

1682 N. O. tr. N. Boileau-Despréaux Lutrin iii. 202 Thou little thinkest What work's a brewing.

1740 S. Richardson Pamela I. xxxi. 212 Satisfied there is Mischief brewing.

1860 J. G. Holland Miss Gilbert's Career ii. 20 A storm was brewing in the domestic sky.

单词	to be a-brewing
释义	> as lemmas to be a-brewing 5. intransitive. To be in preparation; to be in process of mixing, concocting, production, etc.: cf. 4. (The modern to be brewing, partly derived from an earlier to be a-brewing, is not altogether intransitive in origin: cf. the house is (a) building.) ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > prepare or get ready [verb (intransitive)] > be in preparation brewa1400 to be makingc1515 hatch1595 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 118 Bituix þe ald law and þe new, How crist brith bigan to brew. a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xxx. 415 Youre baill now brewys. 1599 Mirour of Policie Worcester iii Doubtes that dayly brue. a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) ii. ii. 19 Another Storme brewing . View more context for this quotation 1677 London Gaz. No. 1210/2 Some hundred Barrels of Beer brewing for the use of the Troops. 1682 N. O. tr. N. Boileau-Despréaux Lutrin iii. 202 Thou little thinkest What work's a brewing. 1740 S. Richardson Pamela I. xxxi. 212 Satisfied there is Mischief brewing. 1860 J. G. Holland Miss Gilbert's Career ii. 20 A storm was brewing in the domestic sky. extracted from brewv. < as lemmas
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