单词 | to burst on weeping |
释义 | > as lemmasto burst (out, forth) on weeping b. Formerly with on. Often with verbal noun, to burst (out, forth) on weeping. Afterwards replaced by a, as to burst out (on) a-laughing, burst a-crying (now dialect or archaic); the preposition is now omitted in general use: to burst out laughing, to burst out crying, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > weeping > weep [verb (intransitive)] > burst or dissolve into tears to burst a-weepc1275 distilc1374 still1412 to burst (out, forth) on weeping1564 dissolve1608 to melt to (also in, into) tears1609 to burst into tears1717 burst a-crying1825 blurt1830 to burst out crying1863 to break into weeping1866 to turn the tap(s) on1883 the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > laugh [verb (intransitive)] > start laughing buff1611 to burst out (on) a-laughing1711 to burst (out) into laughter1853 to burst out laughing1871 to fall about1918 c1370 Robt. K. Cicyle 53 He smote hym..That mowthe and nose braste on blode. 1485 W. Caxton tr. Thystorye & Lyf Charles the Grete sig. cij/1 Hys nose breste a blood habundauntly. 1564 N. Haward tr. Eutropius Briefe Chron. vi. sig. L.iv Cesar..braste forthe on weepinge to beholde the heade of so worthye a manne. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 90. ¶7 One of the Ladies burst out a Laughing. 1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan III. 315 He burst out a-crying. 1836 F. Marryat Japhet II. ix. 79 The remembrance..made us both burst out a laughing. 1863 H. E. P. Spofford Amber Gods 126 The other girls burst out crying at the sight of the coffin. 1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues I. 82 The crew of his own trireme also burst out laughing. < as lemmas |
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