英语词汇“to bell the cat”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

1. transitive. To furnish with a bell. to bell the cat: to hang a bell round the cat's neck, according to the Fable (see bell n.¹ 9), and esp.

a. to perform personally this hazardous feat, to undertake a perilous part or be the ring-leader in any movement.In the latter use, there is immediate reference to the story or legend, related by Lindsay of Pitscottie, that when certain of the Scottish barons formed a secret conspiracy to put down the obnoxious favourites of James III. in 1482, a moment of grave suspense followed the inquiry ‘Who would undertake to enter the royal presence and seize the victims?’ which was terminated by the exclamation of Archibald Douglas, Earl of Angus, ‘I will bell the cat,’ whence his historical appellation of ‘Archibald Bell-the-cat.’

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the mind > emotion > courage > valour > deed of valour > perform a hazardous feat personally [verb]

to bell the cat1762

1762 J. Man in G. Buchanan Rerum Scoticarum Hist. xii. 349 (note) Earl Archbald hearing the parable answered sadly, I shall bell the cat, meaning Cochrane, the great and terrible minion.

1791 I. D'Israeli Curiosities Lit. (1858) 169/2 He would be glad to see who would bell the cat, alluding to the fable.

1840 T. Arnold Life & Corr. (1844) II. ix. 186 I was willing to bell the cat, hoping that some who were able might take up what I had begun.

1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. I. xii. 232 As nobody was afraid of him, there was no difficulty in finding the man to bell the cat.

b. To venture to grapple or contend with (a dangerous opponent). Scottish.

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1722 R. Wodrow Hist. Sufferings Church of Scotl. II. 384 (Jam.) How little justice..poor simple country people, who could not bell the cat with them, had to look for.

1825 W. Scott Betrothed Introd., in Tales Crusaders I. p. xx It has fallen on me, as we Scotsmen say, to bell-the-cat with you.

单词	to bell the cat
释义	> as lemmas to bell the cat 1. transitive. To furnish with a bell. to bell the cat: to hang a bell round the cat's neck, according to the Fable (see bell n.¹ 9), and esp. a. to perform personally this hazardous feat, to undertake a perilous part or be the ring-leader in any movement.In the latter use, there is immediate reference to the story or legend, related by Lindsay of Pitscottie, that when certain of the Scottish barons formed a secret conspiracy to put down the obnoxious favourites of James III. in 1482, a moment of grave suspense followed the inquiry ‘Who would undertake to enter the royal presence and seize the victims?’ which was terminated by the exclamation of Archibald Douglas, Earl of Angus, ‘I will bell the cat,’ whence his historical appellation of ‘Archibald Bell-the-cat.’ ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > courage > valour > deed of valour > perform a hazardous feat personally [verb] to bell the cat1762 1762 J. Man in G. Buchanan Rerum Scoticarum Hist. xii. 349 (note) Earl Archbald hearing the parable answered sadly, I shall bell the cat, meaning Cochrane, the great and terrible minion. 1791 I. D'Israeli Curiosities Lit. (1858) 169/2 He would be glad to see who would bell the cat, alluding to the fable. 1840 T. Arnold Life & Corr. (1844) II. ix. 186 I was willing to bell the cat, hoping that some who were able might take up what I had begun. 1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. I. xii. 232 As nobody was afraid of him, there was no difficulty in finding the man to bell the cat. b. To venture to grapple or contend with (a dangerous opponent). Scottish. ΚΠ 1722 R. Wodrow Hist. Sufferings Church of Scotl. II. 384 (Jam.) How little justice..poor simple country people, who could not bell the cat with them, had to look for. 1825 W. Scott Betrothed Introd., in Tales Crusaders I. p. xx It has fallen on me, as we Scotsmen say, to bell-the-cat with you. extracted from bellv.⁵ < as lemmas
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