| 单词 | to have something, enough, little, etc to eat |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto have something, enough, little, etc. to eat c. In phrases, to have something, enough, little, etc. to eat; formerly also to have to eat, to give (a person) to eat. Cf. French donner à manger.In some dialects ‘something to eat’ is the common expression for food: ‘The something to eat at the hotel was very good’ (Sheffield). ΚΠ c893 tr. Orosius Hist. iii. xi. §3 Seo leo bringð his hungregum hwelpum hwæt to etanne. c1175 Lamb. Hom. 147 Mon . leuseð his fleis, hwenne he him ȝefeð lutel to etene. 1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 6191 Yhe wald noght gyfe me at ete. c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. I. 17 Þei hadden not to ete. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 13501 All þai had i-nogh at ette. 1611 Bible (King James) 2 Chron. xxxi. 10 Wee have had enough to eate. View more context for this quotation 1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 13 Oct. 2/2 We had hardly anything to eat all the while we were prisoners. < as lemmas |
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