| 单词 | to go by the worse |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto go by the worse (also worst) ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defeat > be defeated [verb (intransitive)] to have (also get) the worsec1275 leesec1300 to lick the dust, the earth1382 to get (also have) the waura1393 to go downa1400 to go away (also flee) with the worsea1413 to have the worsta1470 to go to (also unto) the worse1485 to go by the worse (also worst)1528 to have the overthrow1536 lose1548 tine1681 1528 Rede me & be nott Wrothe sig. bviii It was a thynge playnly acorst, That masse went thus by the worst, Havynge so many on his wynge. 1565 A. Golding tr. Caesar Martiall Exploytes in Gallia i. f. 23 To whom the Heduanes..had..gyuen battell: wherin going by the wors, they had receyued great domage. 1639 F. Robartes Gods Holy House ix. 63 As he [sc. Moses] lifted up his hands to God, Amalek went by the worst. 1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 904 In argument with men a woman ever Goes by the worse . View more context for this quotation 1767 London Mag. Feb. 66/1 The most judicious are seldom the most forward, active and busy..and are likely therefore to go by the worst in this skirmish. < as lemmas |
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