| 单词 | to lose or spill one's while |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto lose or spill one's while ΘΚΠ the world > time > [noun] > stretch, period, or portion of time > spell of some action whilec1175 stint1533 crash1549 fleech1589 spell1707 return1763 run1864 fling period1885 go-round1911 jag1913 brannigan1928 the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > [noun] > trouble taken to accomplish anything whilec1175 painc1330 pine?c1335 teenc1380 adoc1400 labourc1405 painsc1480 trouble1577 fatigue1669 the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > treat one as he has been treated [verb (transitive)] > requite or pay back (a person) foryield971 to quit or yield (one) his whilec1175 acquitc1300 quitc1330 restore?a1400 refound1438 requite1530 regrate?c1550 repay1557 redub1558 quittance1590 to meet witha1593 to pay (a person) (off) scot and lot1598 meeta1625 retaliate1629 reimburse1644 compensate1804 to even up on1879 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > be of no avail [verb (intransitive)] > expend effort in vain to lose or spill one's whilec1175 to speak to the windc1330 tinec1330 to beat the windc1375 lose?a1513 to boil, roast, or wash a stonea1529 to lose (one's) oil1548 to plough the sand (also sands)a1565 to wash an ass's head (or ears)1581 to wash an Ethiop, a blackamoor (white)1581 to wash a wall of loam, a brick or tilea1600 to milk the bull (also he-goat, ram)1616 to bark against (or at) the moona1641 dead horse1640 to cast stones against the wind1657 dry-ditcha1670 baffle1860 to go, run or rush (a)round in circles1933 the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > revenge > execute (vengeance) [verb (transitive)] > pay (a person) back to quit or yield (one) his whilec1400 rewardc1400 pay?c1450 requite1534 to pay back1655 to pay off1699 to pay out1849 to get back at (also now less commonly on)1886 c1175 Lamb. Hom. 137 Mon sullðe his elmesse ðenne he heo ȝefeð sulche monne þe him deð..wiken and cherres and ðencheð mid his elmesse forȝelden him ðeo hwile. a1250 Owl & Nightingale 1020 He miȝte bet sitte stille Vor al his wile he sholde spille. 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 2476 Send after help..& icholle hor wule ȝelde. 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 151 The proverbe is, who that is trewe, Him schal his while nevere rewe. c1400 Rom. Rose 4392 If Ielousie doth thee payne, Quyte hym his while thus agayne. c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Miller's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 113 A clerc hadde lutherly biset his while But if he koude a Carpenter bigyle. c1450 How Good Wijf (Lamb. 853) in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 41 And he þat weel dooþ, Þou qwite him weel his whyle. < as lemmas |
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