| 单词 | to go to war or wars |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto go to war or †wars b. to go to war or †wars: to enter on hostilities. to go to the war(s) (archaic): to go abroad as a soldier. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > war > wage war [verb (intransitive)] > go to war to take the plainc1380 to go to war or warsc1450 to take the field1482 to go (etc.) on warfare1483 to pass (forth) in warfare1483 field1535 to go out1548 to go to the war(s)1600 to be (also go) on the warpath1841 to wash one's spears1892 society > armed hostility > military service > serve as a soldier [verb (intransitive)] > go abroad as soldier to go to the war(s)1600 c1450 J. Capgrave Life St. Augustine (1910) 50 He schuld neuer councell man to go to werre. 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 iii. ii. 181 Come, thou shalt go to the warres in a gowne. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) ii. ii. 70 Would we had all such wiues, that the men might go to Warres with the women. View more context for this quotation 1807 T. Moore Minstrel Boy 1 The Minstrel Boy to the war is gone. 1871 J. B. Mozley Univ. Serm. (1876) v. 117 The aim of the nation in going to war is exactly the same as that of the individual in entering a court; it wants its rights, or what it alleges to be its rights. < as lemmas |
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