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单词 to complain of
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to complain of
b. with a mixture of 2, and associated with 6: to complain of: to let it be known that one is suffering from (any pain, or feeling of illness).
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the world > health and disease > ill health > pain > suffer pain [verb (transitive)] > express pain
to complain of1792
plain1863
1792 R. Burns in J. Johnson Scots Musical Museum IV. 327 He's always compleenin frae mornin to e'enin, He hosts and he hirpls the weary day lang.
c1850 Arabian Nights (Rtldg.) 594 He..complained of a violent pain that had suddenly seized his head.
1890 W. Wallace Life Schopenhauer 212 Complaining that something was amiss with the beating of his heart.
1891 N.E.D. at Complain Mod. What does the patient complain of? She complains frequently of headaches.
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to complain of
b. to complain of, at Eton, to report (a boy) to the Headmaster as deserving punishment.
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1870 ‘Etonian’ Recoll. Eton ii. iv. 207 Every dame's house is supposed to be under the charge of some master, who is intended to keep an eye upon the boys and set such punishments as are necessary, or complain of those who deserve it.
1908 Westm. Gaz. 30 June 12/1 His tutor intended ‘to complain of us’. This is the euphonious term for sending in names to the headmaster to be flogged.
a1909 A. C. Swinburne Herbert Winwood in Lesbia Brandon (1952) 189 Tell my father I have not been complained of again this half.
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