| 单词 | to gnaw away |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto gnaw away b. With adverb or other complement, expressing the result of the action, as to gnaw away, to gnaw off, to gnaw out, to gnaw up; to gnaw asunder, to gnaw in two. ΚΠ 1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 863 Wormes þan sal it al to-gnaw Til þe flesshe be gnawen oway and byten. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 6043 Þat beist þan gneu [Fairf. gnow, Trin. Cambr. gnowȝe] vp al bidene þat þe thoner left. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Baruch vi. C The serpentes and wormes..gnawe out their hertes. a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) v. i. 250. a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) v. i. 290 He..gnaw'd in two my cords. View more context for this quotation 1620 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote iii. I. xii. 243 After he had gnawn off almost the Half of one of his Nails. 1631 W. Gouge Gods Three Arrowes iii. §52. 282 A lion may stand in need of the helpe of a mouse to gnaw asunder the cord wherewith he is hampered. a1839 W. M. Praed Poems (1864) I. 204 He hath gnawed in twain my choicest line. 1873 R. Browning Red Cotton Night-cap Country ii. 69 Some work of art gnawn hollow by Time's tooth. < as lemmas |
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