英语词汇“to boil, roast, or wash a stone”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 boil, roast, or wash a stone: to labour in vain, expend effort with no result. Obsolete.

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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > be of no avail [verb (intransitive)] > expend effort in vain

to lose or spill one's whilec1175

to speak to the windc1330

tinec1330

to beat the windc1375

lose?a1513

to boil, roast, or wash a stonea1529

to lose (one's) oil1548

to plough the sand (also sands)a1565

to wash an ass's head (or ears)1581

to wash an Ethiop, a blackamoor (white)1581

to wash a wall of loam, a brick or tilea1600

to milk the bull (also he-goat, ram)1616

to bark against (or at) the moona1641

dead horse1640

to cast stones against the wind1657

dry-ditcha1670

baffle1860

to go, run or rush (a)round in circles1933

a1529 J. Skelton Why come ye nat to Courte (?1545) 109 They may..elles go rost a stone.

1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. ii. sig. G I do but rost a stone. In warmyng hir.

c1548 in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1822) II. ii. 316 Or els he washeth a stone, that is to say, he laboureth in vayne.

1895 Westm. Gaz. 22 May 6/1 Like the old saying:—‘Boil stones in butter and you shall sup the broth.’

单词	to boil, roast, or wash a stone
释义	> as lemmas to boil, roast, or wash a stone †a. to boil, roast, or wash a stone: to labour in vain, expend effort with no result. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > be of no avail [verb (intransitive)] > expend effort in vain to lose or spill one's whilec1175 to speak to the windc1330 tinec1330 to beat the windc1375 lose?a1513 to boil, roast, or wash a stonea1529 to lose (one's) oil1548 to plough the sand (also sands)a1565 to wash an ass's head (or ears)1581 to wash an Ethiop, a blackamoor (white)1581 to wash a wall of loam, a brick or tilea1600 to milk the bull (also he-goat, ram)1616 to bark against (or at) the moona1641 dead horse1640 to cast stones against the wind1657 dry-ditcha1670 baffle1860 to go, run or rush (a)round in circles1933 a1529 J. Skelton Why come ye nat to Courte (?1545) 109 They may..elles go rost a stone. 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. ii. sig. G I do but rost a stone. In warmyng hir. c1548 in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1822) II. ii. 316 Or els he washeth a stone, that is to say, he laboureth in vayne. 1895 Westm. Gaz. 22 May 6/1 Like the old saying:—‘Boil stones in butter and you shall sup the broth.’ extracted from stonen. < as lemmas
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