| 单词 | to bite at |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto bite at a. intr. or absol. in same sense. Const. of, on, upon (obs.). to bite at: to make an attempt to bite, to snap with the teeth at. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > biting > bite [verb (intransitive)] > into something bitec1175 c1175 Lamb. Hom. 123 Ne nom he na alle..ah ane dale alswa me bit of ane epple. 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) v. xx. 126 Sharpe teeth growen or the brode teeth . for it nedyth to byte rather than to grynde. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 18732 He..þat neuer o þat appel bate. c1450 Knt. de la Tour (1868) 148 She bote upon the appille. 1596 Spenser View State Ireland 46 [They] byte at the dugge from which they sucked life. 1668 S. Pepys Diary 11 Feb. (1976) IX. 62 Which makes me mad, to see them bite at the stone and not at the hand that flings it. < as lemmas |
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