英语词汇“to do its work”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

b. Action of a particular (frequently specified) kind; the production of a characteristic, predictable, or intended effect; functioning, operation. Now chiefly in to do its work. Cf. sense 11b.In quot. a1500: †doing, performance (obsolete).

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > [noun] > proper operation or function

workOE

office1340

helpingc1400

servicea1475

use1509

function1537

working1643

OE Ælfric Lives of Saints (Julius) (1881) I. 20 Heo [sc. the soul] is on bocum manegum naman gecyged be hyre weorces þenungum [c1175 Bodl. 343 bi hire weorces þeiȝnunȝum].

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Ezek. i. 16 The biholdyng of wheelis and the werk of hem as siȝte of the se.

c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 89 If the maner of outring which is sauory in a sermonyng schulde be sett..in the office of scole prouyng..al the werk ther of schulde be the vnsaueryer and the vnspedier.

1481 W. Cely Let. 13 May in Cely Lett. (1975) 105 Hys howsse..schall come to be pluckyd schorttly down, or ellys burnyd ffor the schortter warke.

a1500 (?a1450) Gesta Romanorum (Harl. 7333) (1879) 4 In werke of ony goode dede.

a1635 R. Sibbes Heavenly Conf. (1656) 92 The work of God's spirit in his children, is like fire.

1644 K. Digby Two Treat. i. v. 36 The composition or dissolution of mixed bodies..is the chiefe worke of Elements, and requireth an intime application of the Agents.

1731 Art of Drawing & Painting in Water-colours 23 When the Spirit of Wine has done its Work, it must be pour'd off.

1763 Museum Rusticum (1764) 1 348 It will be so steady that no unevenness of the ground will be able to throw it out of its work, as a clod or stone will a common harrow.

1819 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto II cii. 170 Famine, despair, cold, thirst, and heat, had done Their work on them by turns.

1890 R. Kipling in Macmillan's Mag. June 159/1 The black cholera does its work quietly and without explanation.

1937 G. Heyer They found him Dead iv. 68 I wouldn't run the risk of bumping off an old man who had a valvular disease of the heart. Guess I'd wait a piece for Nature to do its work.

1989 G. Katz & M. Katz Gifts of Gemstone Guardians iii. 45 Although the drug may have provided a benefit, the body will not know what to do with it once the drug's work is completed.

2011 H. Brennan Faeman Quest xx. 124 The shadow cloak did its work so that Chalkhill remained unseen.

单词	to do its work
释义	> as lemmas to do its work b. Action of a particular (frequently specified) kind; the production of a characteristic, predictable, or intended effect; functioning, operation. Now chiefly in to do its work. Cf. sense 11b.In quot. a1500: †doing, performance (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > [noun] > proper operation or function workOE office1340 helpingc1400 servicea1475 use1509 function1537 working1643 OE Ælfric Lives of Saints (Julius) (1881) I. 20 Heo [sc. the soul] is on bocum manegum naman gecyged be hyre weorces þenungum [c1175 Bodl. 343 bi hire weorces þeiȝnunȝum]. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Ezek. i. 16 The biholdyng of wheelis and the werk of hem as siȝte of the se. c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 89 If the maner of outring which is sauory in a sermonyng schulde be sett..in the office of scole prouyng..al the werk ther of schulde be the vnsaueryer and the vnspedier. 1481 W. Cely Let. 13 May in Cely Lett. (1975) 105 Hys howsse..schall come to be pluckyd schorttly down, or ellys burnyd ffor the schortter warke. a1500 (?a1450) Gesta Romanorum (Harl. 7333) (1879) 4 In werke of ony goode dede. a1635 R. Sibbes Heavenly Conf. (1656) 92 The work of God's spirit in his children, is like fire. 1644 K. Digby Two Treat. i. v. 36 The composition or dissolution of mixed bodies..is the chiefe worke of Elements, and requireth an intime application of the Agents. 1731 Art of Drawing & Painting in Water-colours 23 When the Spirit of Wine has done its Work, it must be pour'd off. 1763 Museum Rusticum (1764) 1 348 It will be so steady that no unevenness of the ground will be able to throw it out of its work, as a clod or stone will a common harrow. 1819 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto II cii. 170 Famine, despair, cold, thirst, and heat, had done Their work on them by turns. 1890 R. Kipling in Macmillan's Mag. June 159/1 The black cholera does its work quietly and without explanation. 1937 G. Heyer They found him Dead iv. 68 I wouldn't run the risk of bumping off an old man who had a valvular disease of the heart. Guess I'd wait a piece for Nature to do its work. 1989 G. Katz & M. Katz Gifts of Gemstone Guardians iii. 45 Although the drug may have provided a benefit, the body will not know what to do with it once the drug's work is completed. 2011 H. Brennan Faeman Quest xx. 124 The shadow cloak did its work so that Chalkhill remained unseen. extracted from workn. < as lemmas
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