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

a. to blow the coals and variants: to stir up or increase the intensity of a feeling, conflict, etc.; esp. to excite ill feeling; to cause trouble. Frequently with of. Cf. to blow the fire at blow v.¹ 17b, to fan the flame at flame n. 6a. Now rare.Frequently as part of an extended metaphor.In quot. ?a1500: to fan the flames of passion.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > passion > ardour or fervour > become ardent or fervent [verb (intransitive)] > heighten intensity of passion

to blow the coals?a1500

to stir the coals1539

to fan the flame1800

?a1500 in Philol. Q. (1956) 35 93 (MED) Burgeys, thou haste so blowen atte the Cole That alle thy rode is from thine face agoon.

1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 39^v To admonish all young Impes and nouises in loue, not to blow the coales of fancie wyth desire, but to quench them with disdayne.

1638 R. Sanderson Serm. II. 109 Blow the coal of contention to make it blaze afresh.

1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd iv. i To thole An ethercap like him to blaw the coal.

1732 G. Berkeley Alciphron I. ii. xxiii. 136 Blowing the Coals between polemical Divines.

1753 T. Smollett Ferdinand Count Fathom II. xlv. 72 By these means he blew the coals of her jealousy.

1829 W. Scott Anne of Geierstein I. ix. 145 They have resolved to send you with others as messengers of peace; but you are secretly blowing the coals of war.

1850 U.S. Mag. & Democratic Rev. June 484 If he has not fed the fire, or blown the coals of dissension, he has stood looking on as an idle spectator.

1908 J. Gairdner Lollardy & Reformation in Eng. II. iv. iii. 456 Needless to say, the Bishop was ready enough to blow the coals.

1986 H. S. Stout New Eng. Soul iv. x. 198 Tennent's ‘searching’ style succeeded in blowing the coals of popular piety to a white-hot intensity.

单词	to blow the coals
释义	> as lemmas to blow the coals a. to blow the coals and variants: to stir up or increase the intensity of a feeling, conflict, etc.; esp. to excite ill feeling; to cause trouble. Frequently with of. Cf. to blow the fire at blow v.¹ 17b, to fan the flame at flame n. 6a. Now rare.Frequently as part of an extended metaphor.In quot. ?a1500: to fan the flames of passion. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > passion > ardour or fervour > become ardent or fervent [verb (intransitive)] > heighten intensity of passion to blow the coals?a1500 to stir the coals1539 to fan the flame1800 ?a1500 in Philol. Q. (1956) 35 93 (MED) Burgeys, thou haste so blowen atte the Cole That alle thy rode is from thine face agoon. 1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 39^v To admonish all young Impes and nouises in loue, not to blow the coales of fancie wyth desire, but to quench them with disdayne. 1638 R. Sanderson Serm. II. 109 Blow the coal of contention to make it blaze afresh. 1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd iv. i To thole An ethercap like him to blaw the coal. 1732 G. Berkeley Alciphron I. ii. xxiii. 136 Blowing the Coals between polemical Divines. 1753 T. Smollett Ferdinand Count Fathom II. xlv. 72 By these means he blew the coals of her jealousy. 1829 W. Scott Anne of Geierstein I. ix. 145 They have resolved to send you with others as messengers of peace; but you are secretly blowing the coals of war. 1850 U.S. Mag. & Democratic Rev. June 484 If he has not fed the fire, or blown the coals of dissension, he has stood looking on as an idle spectator. 1908 J. Gairdner Lollardy & Reformation in Eng. II. iv. iii. 456 Needless to say, the Bishop was ready enough to blow the coals. 1986 H. S. Stout New Eng. Soul iv. x. 198 Tennent's ‘searching’ style succeeded in blowing the coals of popular piety to a white-hot intensity. extracted from coaln. < as lemmas
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