英语词汇“to come to a head”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

c. to come to a head: (a) (of a boil, abscess, or spot) to form a head and come to the point where likely to burst; cf. sense 19a; (b) (of a situation, state of affairs, etc.) to reach a critical point, or a point of maturity or maximum intensity; cf. sense 54. [Compare post-classical Latin venire ad caput (see achieve v.), Middle French, French venir à chef to accomplish (a1200 in Old French as venir a chief).]

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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > suppuration > suppurate [verb (intransitive)]

whealc1000

rank?a1300

ranklec1330

festera1400

putrefya1400

quittera1400

suppure?a1425

to come to a head1566

undercot1591

suppurate1615

youster1691

digest1722

maturate1726

the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [verb (intransitive)] > come to the crunch or critical point

to come to a head1655

to come to the crunch1960

the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [verb (intransitive)] > to highest degree > reach highest degree of increase

to grow to a head1579

to gather to a heada1616

to come to a head1655

culminatea1662

climax1882

to reach a crescendo1925

to top off1970

to top out1972

1566 T. Blundeville Order curing Horses Dis. cxliii. f. 99, in Fower Offices Horsemanshippe The swelling is apparant to the eye, which in foure or fyue dayes commeth to a heade.

1655 W. Gurnall Christian in Armour: 1st Pt. 224 Satan..can..keep such thoughts from coming to a head, and ripening into a present resolution.

1685 tr. N. Lémery Mod. Curiosities of Art & Nature i. xxiii. 256 With it rub the sore, and it will come to a head.

1715 Hist. Wars Charles XII. King of Sweden 23 We shall see the particular Degrees by which the War which afterwards follow'd came to a Head.

1768 T. Berdmore Treat. Disorders & Deformities Teeth & Gums ii. v. 61 Thinking that this would come to a head, (as he termed it) and then disappear of its own accord, like the former ulcers.

1801 H. L. Piozzi Retrospection I. xvii. 384 A charitable corporation had upon this principle been instituted some years before..but in 1731 the precious project came to a head and burst.

1871 A. M. Diaz William Henry Lett. 134 Come to a head—like a boil or a rebellion.

1878 R. B. Smith Carthage 281 The revolt of Sardinia was stamped out before it came to a head.

1910 Encycl. Brit. VI. 346/2 In 1884 the struggle between stationary and progressive Toryism came to a head, and terminated in favour of the latter.

1947 H. R. Isaacs New Cycle in Asia viii. 157 Matters came to a head in Hanoi on December 19, 1946, when clashes in that city resulted in generalized warfare.

1990 R. H. Bork Tempting of Amer. 29 The crisis came to a head when Missouri sought statehood.

单词	to come to a head
释义	> as lemmas to come to a head c. to come to a head: (a) (of a boil, abscess, or spot) to form a head and come to the point where likely to burst; cf. sense 19a; (b) (of a situation, state of affairs, etc.) to reach a critical point, or a point of maturity or maximum intensity; cf. sense 54. [Compare post-classical Latin venire ad caput (see achieve v.), Middle French, French venir à chef to accomplish (a1200 in Old French as venir a chief).] ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > suppuration > suppurate [verb (intransitive)] whealc1000 rank?a1300 ranklec1330 festera1400 putrefya1400 quittera1400 suppure?a1425 to come to a head1566 undercot1591 suppurate1615 youster1691 digest1722 maturate1726 the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [verb (intransitive)] > come to the crunch or critical point to come to a head1655 to come to the crunch1960 the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [verb (intransitive)] > to highest degree > reach highest degree of increase to grow to a head1579 to gather to a heada1616 to come to a head1655 culminatea1662 climax1882 to reach a crescendo1925 to top off1970 to top out1972 1566 T. Blundeville Order curing Horses Dis. cxliii. f. 99, in Fower Offices Horsemanshippe The swelling is apparant to the eye, which in foure or fyue dayes commeth to a heade. 1655 W. Gurnall Christian in Armour: 1st Pt. 224 Satan..can..keep such thoughts from coming to a head, and ripening into a present resolution. 1685 tr. N. Lémery Mod. Curiosities of Art & Nature i. xxiii. 256 With it rub the sore, and it will come to a head. 1715 Hist. Wars Charles XII. King of Sweden 23 We shall see the particular Degrees by which the War which afterwards follow'd came to a Head. 1768 T. Berdmore Treat. Disorders & Deformities Teeth & Gums ii. v. 61 Thinking that this would come to a head, (as he termed it) and then disappear of its own accord, like the former ulcers. 1801 H. L. Piozzi Retrospection I. xvii. 384 A charitable corporation had upon this principle been instituted some years before..but in 1731 the precious project came to a head and burst. 1871 A. M. Diaz William Henry Lett. 134 Come to a head—like a boil or a rebellion. 1878 R. B. Smith Carthage 281 The revolt of Sardinia was stamped out before it came to a head. 1910 Encycl. Brit. VI. 346/2 In 1884 the struggle between stationary and progressive Toryism came to a head, and terminated in favour of the latter. 1947 H. R. Isaacs New Cycle in Asia viii. 157 Matters came to a head in Hanoi on December 19, 1946, when clashes in that city resulted in generalized warfare. 1990 R. H. Bork Tempting of Amer. 29 The crisis came to a head when Missouri sought statehood. extracted from headn.¹ < as lemmas
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