| 单词 | to be caught in the toil |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto be caught in the toil (of) a. In singular. Now chiefly in to be caught in the toil (of). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > snare, trap, entanglement > [noun] neteOE angleOE grinc1000 trapc1175 caltropa1300 lacec1330 girnc1375 espyc1380 webc1400 hook1430 settingc1430 lure1463 stall?a1500 stalea1529 toil1548 intrap1550 hose-net1554 gudgeon1577 mousetrap1577 trapfall1596 ensnarementa1617 decoy1655 cobweba1657 trepan1665 snap1844 deadfall1860 Judas1907 tanglefoot1908 catch-221963 trip-wire1971 1548 Hall's Vnion: Richard III f. lvj Let vs not feare to enter in to the toyle where we may suerly sley hym. a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) v. ii. 342 As she would catch another Anthony In her strong toyle of Grace. View more context for this quotation 1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd ii. 453 Extol not Riches then, the toyl of Fools. View more context for this quotation 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VII. 258 The spider's..next care is to seize and secure whatever insect happens to be caught in the toil. 1892 Atlantic Monthly Mar. 366/1 Once caught in the toil of that enchantress, there is no escape. 2009 D. Gondola in C. Tshimanga et al. Frenchness & Afr. Diaspora ii. vii. 161 Caught in the toil of ordinariness, many are marginalized. < as lemmas |
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