| 单词 | to help oneself |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto help oneself 7. help (a person) to (also † with): to help him to attain to, to aid in obtaining; hence, to furnish, provide, or present with. help oneself to: to provide oneself with, take for oneself; euphemistic to appropriate (something not one's own), to steal. Also simply to help oneself. Cf. sense 8. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > aid, help, or assist [verb (transitive)] > to attain or obtain help (a person) to (also with)c1380 the mind > possession > supply > provide or supply (something) [verb (transitive)] > provide or supply (a person or thing) with anything feather?c1225 serve?c1225 astore1297 purveya1325 purveyc1325 warnishc1330 supply1384 bego1393 garnish?a1400 stuff14.. instore1432 relievec1480 providec1485 appurvey1487 support?1507 furnishc1515 repair1518 supply1529 speed1531 help (a person) to (also with)1569 sort1598 suffice1600 enduea1616 starta1640 employ1690 find1713 to fix out1725 issue1737 service1969 the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > steal [verb (intransitive)] stealc725 thievec920 bribec1405 pluck?a1425 prowl1546 strike1567 to make away with1691 fake1819 snam1824 snig1862 to help oneself1868 boost1912 score1914 snoop1924 the mind > possession > taking > taking possession > take possession [verb (intransitive)] > appropriate to help oneself1868 c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 78 Goddis lawe helpeþ hem not her-to. 1458 in J. H. Parker Some Acct. Domest. Archit. (1859) III. 43 Gentil Jeffray, That clothed many a pore man to bed and to rige, And hathe holpe to rentis to holde up this waye. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Macc. viii. 13 Whom they wolde helpe to their kyngdomes. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 1165 The Emperors dominions, had holpen them with corne. 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie ii. i. 31 b Desiring him too helpe him with a barrell of fresh water, for that theirs began to stinke. a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) iv. ii. 83 Helpe me to a Candle, and pen, inke, and paper. View more context for this quotation 1674 A. Cremer tr. J. Scheffer Hist. Lapland 142 I have not met with any one that could help me to the exact shape of them. 1709 J. Swift Let. conc. Sacramental Test 11 I will help you to enough of them. 1868 Routledge's Every Boy's Ann. 138 Not quite as bad as the ants, who walked in and helped themselves. 1883 E. Blackwell Booth iv. 31 They helped themselves freely to the furniture of an uninhabited house. < as lemmas |
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