单词 | to drink to |
释义 | > as lemmasto drink to 13. to drink to (a person): extracted from drinkv.1ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > providing or serving drink > [verb (transitive)] birleOE drenchc1000 shenchOE adrenchc1275 to drink to1297 tap1401 skinkc1405 propinec1450 brince?1567 liquor1575 to do right1600 dram1770 butler1826 jerk1868 to set up1880 drink1883 bartend1948 to break out1962 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (1724) 289 Vorst ych wolle to þe drynke, and suþþe þou ssalt hym yse. a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 1660 He..dede him eten and to him dranc. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 15262 And o mi drinc þar i sal Drinc to yow for yur mede. 1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur viii. xxiv Thenne they lough and made good chere and eyther dranke to other frely. 1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World xv. 434 When by themselves, they drink about from one to another; but when any of us came among them, then they would always drink to one of us. b. Hence, to salute (any one) by drinking; to invite him to drink by drinking first; to drink in his honour, wishing him health or success. Hence, in wider use, to drink in honour of (anything desired), with good wishes for its furtherance. Also elliptical with the person as object: to pledge, toast; and in indirect passive. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [verb (transitive)] > drink intoxicating liquor > pledge or toast to drink to1530 pledge1546 brince?1567 brinks1568 carouse1583 dipa1657 toast1700 respect1708 bumper?1764 to look toward ——1833 propine1887 skol1935 ganbei1976 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 529/1 I drinke to you, je boys a vous. a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) iii. iv. 88 I drinke to th'generall ioy o'th' whole Table. View more context for this quotation 1682 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) I. 186 The lord mayor was pleased to drink to Mr. North. 1758 S. Johnson Idler 13 May 41 The Gay drink for their success. 1787 E. Burke Corr. (1844) III. 56 We drank the man we were so much obliged to in a bumper. 1833 M. Scott Tom Cringle's Log II. v. 189 Speaking when he is spoken to, drinking when he is drucken to. 1842 Ld. Tennyson Vision of Sin in Poems (new ed.) II. 221 Drink we, last, the public fool. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 444 All who passed were invited to drink to the health of the new sovereign. c. transitive in same sense; cf. carouse n. 2. ΚΠ a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) iv. ix. 34 We all would sup together, And drinke Carowses to the next dayes Fate. View more context for this quotation a1674 J. Milton Brief Hist. Moscovia (1682) v. 94 The Emperour..drank a deep Carouse to the Queens Health. to drink to b. In honour of; for the worship of (as to build a temple or altar to); in salutation of and expression of good wishes for (as to drink to: see also A. 12a, and drink v.1 13b). ΚΠ c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Deeds xix. 24 Sum man..makinge siluerene housis to Dian. 1388 Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) Acts xvii. 23 Y..foond an auter, in which was writun, To the vnknowun God. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 529/1 I drinke to you, je boys a vous. 1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet v. iii. 119 Heers to my loue. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iv. iv. 61 Her face o' fire With labour, and the thing she tooke to quench it She would to each one sip. View more context for this quotation 1616 B. Jonson Forrest ix, in Wks. I Drinke to me, onely, with thine eyes. 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 462. ⁋4 With continual toasting Healths to the Royal Family. 1838 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece (new ed.) II. xvi. 353 They erected an altar to the father of the gods. < as lemmas |
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