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

P10. figurative. to draw the teeth (also fangs) of (also from, out of) and variants: to render harmless or ineffectual; to reduce the power of or weaken.

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1782 London Mag. 51 App. 599/2 His Majesty by giving a few places at court to some of the most considerable [Tories],..might draw the teeth of all the rest, and they could never more unite in opposition.

1838 Daily Herald & Gaz. (Cleveland, Ohio) 2 Apr. It may truly be said of the bill, that its fangs were drawn by the important amendments.

1845 D. F. Campbell tr. A. Thiers Hist. Consulate & Empire France III. xiii. 205 He has left them nothing to say; he has drawn their teeth.

1899 Trans. Rocky Mountain Med. Assoc. 62 Sanitary science is stamping out yellow fever; anti-toxine has drawn the fangs from diphtheria.

1924 Michigan Alumnus 24 Nov. 183/2 They had either to greatly increase the effectiveness of their own overhead attack or take measures for drawing the fangs of Michigan's.

a1969 D. Heaton-Armstrong Six Month Kingdom (2005) xi. 59 In the course of the evening a plot was formed to draw Essad's fangs.

1990 Guardian 14 July 3/8 We never liked this legislation, but we feel now that we've drawn the teeth out of it.

2006 Independent (Nexis) 20 July 31 The isolation of Iran, Syria, Hamas and Hizbolah is serving to increase extremism rather than draw its teeth.

单词	to draw the teeth of
释义	> as lemmas to draw the teeth (also fangs) of (also from, out of) P10. figurative. to draw the teeth (also fangs) of (also from, out of) and variants: to render harmless or ineffectual; to reduce the power of or weaken. ΚΠ 1782 London Mag. 51 App. 599/2 His Majesty by giving a few places at court to some of the most considerable [Tories],..might draw the teeth of all the rest, and they could never more unite in opposition. 1838 Daily Herald & Gaz. (Cleveland, Ohio) 2 Apr. It may truly be said of the bill, that its fangs were drawn by the important amendments. 1845 D. F. Campbell tr. A. Thiers Hist. Consulate & Empire France III. xiii. 205 He has left them nothing to say; he has drawn their teeth. 1899 Trans. Rocky Mountain Med. Assoc. 62 Sanitary science is stamping out yellow fever; anti-toxine has drawn the fangs from diphtheria. 1924 Michigan Alumnus 24 Nov. 183/2 They had either to greatly increase the effectiveness of their own overhead attack or take measures for drawing the fangs of Michigan's. a1969 D. Heaton-Armstrong Six Month Kingdom (2005) xi. 59 In the course of the evening a plot was formed to draw Essad's fangs. 1990 Guardian 14 July 3/8 We never liked this legislation, but we feel now that we've drawn the teeth out of it. 2006 Independent (Nexis) 20 July 31 The isolation of Iran, Syria, Hamas and Hizbolah is serving to increase extremism rather than draw its teeth. extracted from drawv. < as lemmas
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