单词 | to be at feud |
释义 | > as lemmasto be at (deadly) feud 2. A state of bitter and lasting mutual hostility. (From 16th cent. often with allusion to 3.) Phrases: to be at (deadly) feud, †to have (a person) at feud. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > [noun] > prolonged or bitter feudc1425 defeud1648 trench warfare1915 feuding1938 the mind > emotion > hatred > hostility > state of bitter and lasting mutual hostility > [noun] feudc1425 inveterateness1646 defeud1648 inveteracy1691 society > society and the community > dissent > [noun] > prolonged or bitter > vengeful feudc1425 blood feud1824 vendetta1861 the mind > emotion > hatred > hostility > state of bitter and lasting mutual hostility > [noun] > deadly feud feudc1425 death feud1805 blood feud1824 α. β. 1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie iv. 21 Hee will alwayis bee at deadly foode with mee.1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. x. lxxiv. 308 Crowes and Owles are at mortall feaud one with another.1608 Bp. J. Hall Pharisaisme & Christianity 12 Of which sort there are diuers at this day..at deadly feode with the other Iewes.1611 M. Smith in Bible (King James) Transl. Pref. 10 His Queene and his..heire were at deadly fuide with him.c1661 Argyle's Last Will in Harl. Misc. (1746) VIII. 30/2 He [Argyle] was at Feud with all his Superiors in Scotland.a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 6 Seeds of lasting feuds and animosities.1849 G. Grote Hist. Greece VI. ii. xlvii. 69 Their ancient feud against Korkyra.1871 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1876) IV. xvii. 77 A partizan of Tostig would naturally be at feud with Oswulf.c1425 Wyntoun Cron. vii. ix. 529 In þare ire Of awld Fede, and gret dyscord. 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 201 Syne sueir on bell and buik, That euerie on to vther sould be trew In tyme to cum for ald feid or for new. a1775 Hobie Noble ix, in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1890) IV. vii. clxxxix. 2/2 The land~sergeant has me at feid. < as lemmas |
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