单词 | to burn to death |
释义 | > as lemmasto burn to death 10. To put to death by fire, esp. as a judicial punishment. Now often to burn alive, to burn to death. ΘΠ society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > execute [verb (transitive)] > burn faggot1543 burn1547 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 21235 Barnabas..bath for-draun and brint [Fairf. brend] wit feir. 1547 Certain Serm. or Homilies Faith ii, in J. Griffiths Two Bks. Homilies (1859) i. 41 Some have been..beheaded, some brent without mercy. 1554 D. Lindsay Dialog Experience & Courteour l. 5103 in Wks. (1931) I Sum hangit..Sum brynt; sum soddin in to leiddis. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) v. vi. 33 O burne her, burne her, hanging is too good. View more context for this quotation 1635 E. Pagitt Christianographie (1636) iii. 112 He was brent for an hereticke. 1685 London Gaz. No. 2080/4 Elizabeth Gaunt likewise Convicted of High Treason was burnt at Tyburn. 1753 Scots Mag. Apr. 200/2 Anne Williams was burnt at a stake at Gloucester, Apr. 13, for poisoning her husband. 1855 R. Browning Heretic's Trag. ii, in Men & Women II. 199 They bring him now to be burned alive. < as lemmas |
随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。