| 单词 | to crush in the egg |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto crush in the egg a. That which contains the germ of anything; generally in a bad sense. Also in phrase, to crush in the egg. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > source or origin > [noun] > source, seed, or germ > that which contains egg1645 1645 J. Tombes Anthropolatria 8 This was the egge out of which their contentions were hatched. a1657 G. Daniel Trinarchodia: Henry IV cccxlviii, in Poems (1878) IV. 88 Soe Power of Warre From the first Egge of Libertie, out-Creepes A fatall Serpent. 1689 Apol. Failures G. Walker's Acct. Siege of Derry 91 The Rebellion..had not been either prevented or crush'd in the Egg. < as lemmas |
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