英语词汇“to draw and quarter”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. transitive. To disembowel (a person), esp. after hanging as a punishment for high treason. Frequently in to draw and quarter. Cf. to hang, draw, and quarter. Now historical.Sometimes, esp. when paired with hang, difficult to distinguish from sense 2 which refers to dragging a person to a place of execution.In quot. a1393: intransitive for passive with the sense ‘to be disembowelled’.

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society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > execute [verb (transitive)] > disembowel

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c1330 (?a1300) Sir Tristrem (1886) l. 1797 Sche swore bi godes rode Þai schuld ben hong and drain.

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) viii. l. 1948 (MED) Atteint thei were be the lawe And diemed forto honge and drawe.

1465 J. Payn in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 315 I was arestyd..and was thretenyd to haue ben honged, drawe, and quarteryd.

1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) i. 278 Sum yai hangyt and sum yai drew.

?a1556 Grey Friars Chron. anno 1327 in R. Howlett Monumenta Franciscana (1882) II. 152 Thys yere was Roger Mortemer erle of March hangyd and drawne at Tyborne for tresoun.

1660 S. Pepys Diary 13 Oct. (1970) I. 265 I went out..to see Major-Generall Harrison hanged, drawn, and quartered..he looking as cheerfully as any man could do in that condition.

1682 S. Pordage Medal Revers'd 178 Those men, whom they can neither hang nor draw.

1766 J. Entick New Hist. London II. xv. 330 Cornish was, on the 23d of the same month, hanged, drawn and quartered, at the end of King's-street, Cheapside.

1865 Standard 6 Oct. 5/5 If the American Marat could have his way, Mr. Davis would not only be hanged, but drawn and quartered.

1982 J. Saul God Project (1986) viii. 79 I probably should have been drawn and quartered, then strung up for the vultures to feed on.

2015 Kwani? 8 349 I knew those devils would rather have me drawn and quartered than let [me] live to bear witness to their acts.

单词	to draw and quarter
释义	> as lemmas to draw and quarter a. transitive. To disembowel (a person), esp. after hanging as a punishment for high treason. Frequently in to draw and quarter. Cf. to hang, draw, and quarter. Now historical.Sometimes, esp. when paired with hang, difficult to distinguish from sense 2 which refers to dragging a person to a place of execution.In quot. a1393: intransitive for passive with the sense ‘to be disembowelled’. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > execute [verb (transitive)] > disembowel bowel1330 drawc1330 embowel1521 c1330 (?a1300) Sir Tristrem (1886) l. 1797 Sche swore bi godes rode Þai schuld ben hong and drain. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) viii. l. 1948 (MED) Atteint thei were be the lawe And diemed forto honge and drawe. 1465 J. Payn in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 315 I was arestyd..and was thretenyd to haue ben honged, drawe, and quarteryd. 1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) i. 278 Sum yai hangyt and sum yai drew. ?a1556 Grey Friars Chron. anno 1327 in R. Howlett Monumenta Franciscana (1882) II. 152 Thys yere was Roger Mortemer erle of March hangyd and drawne at Tyborne for tresoun. 1660 S. Pepys Diary 13 Oct. (1970) I. 265 I went out..to see Major-Generall Harrison hanged, drawn, and quartered..he looking as cheerfully as any man could do in that condition. 1682 S. Pordage Medal Revers'd 178 Those men, whom they can neither hang nor draw. 1766 J. Entick New Hist. London II. xv. 330 Cornish was, on the 23d of the same month, hanged, drawn and quartered, at the end of King's-street, Cheapside. 1865 Standard 6 Oct. 5/5 If the American Marat could have his way, Mr. Davis would not only be hanged, but drawn and quartered. 1982 J. Saul God Project (1986) viii. 79 I probably should have been drawn and quartered, then strung up for the vultures to feed on. 2015 Kwani? 8 349 I knew those devils would rather have me drawn and quartered than let [me] live to bear witness to their acts. extracted from drawv. < as lemmas
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