请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 to get the waur
释义

> as lemmas

to get (also have) the waur
= worse n. 1, worse n. 3. In early use frequently in to get (also have) the waur: to get the worst of it; cf. to have (also get) the worse at worse adj. and n. Phrases 2b.
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
a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) iii. l. 1646 (MED) Who mai to love make a werre That he ne hath himself the werre?
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 7579 Fle þat wynnes to haue þe warr, For ar i fle i sal cum nerr.
c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 1588 Lest felle hym þe worre.
1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) ix. 159 Bot thar bowmen the wer had ay.
1568 Wyf of Auchtirmwchty 116 in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1928) II. 345 For and we fecht I ill gett the woir.
a1600 ( W. Stewart tr. H. Boece Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. l. 20310 Than tha misknaw God and Fortoun so far, Na wounder is suppois tha get the war.
1721 J. Kelly Compl. Coll. Scotish Prov. 351 War, and mair o't.
1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering I. v. 81 ‘Vanity and waur,’ said the Dominie; ‘it is a trafficking with the Evil One.’
1824 W. Scott Redgauntlet I. x. 215 If ye expect to be ranting amang the queans o' lasses..ye will come by the waur.
1901 Shetland News 17 Aug. Hit's a gude job 'at doo kens wha doo's spaekin' till, an' at William taks nae waur wi' dee.
1952 Buchan Observer 11 Mar. Came there ‘waur on waur's back’.
2001 R. Fairnie Wee Scran o Herrin (SCOTS) The'r some o thaim'll try an screw ye doon tae a hap'ny or waur but dinnae you gie intae thaim.
extracted from wauradv.adj.n.
<
as lemmas
随便看

 

英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/11/10 23:10:09