单词 | to make mischief |
释义 | > as lemmasto make mischief P4. to make mischief [compare Anglo-Norman and Middle French faire meschief] : to create or promote discord or dissension, esp. by gossiping or talebearing. Cf. mischief-maker n. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > be in dissension or at variance [verb (intransitive)] > cause dissension to make strife1303 to make the feathers flyc1430 to stir the coals1539 to make mischiefc1572 to blow the bellows1590 to blow the fire1670 to stir the pot1826 to stir (also rouse) the possum1900 to mix it1950 c1572 G. Gascoigne Fruites of Warre in Compl. Wks. (1907–10) I. 179 And yet in warres, such graffes of grudge do growe, Such lewdnesse lurkes, such malice makes mischief. 1653 Duchess of Newcastle Poems & Fancies 188 No sad example he by warning takes, If none will do him hurt, some mischief makes. 1760–1 C. Lennox Ladies Museum I. 587 But this I keep to myself, for I would not make mischief. 1817 W. Scott Rob Roy II. xiv. 311 It's ill-scrapit tongues like your's, that make mischief atween neighbourhoods and nations. 1884 Cassell's Family Mag. May 374 She was always making mischief between them [sc. two lovers]. 1956 ‘J. Wyndham’ Seeds of Time 87 Passengers, having nothing to occupy them, were always making mischief one way and another. 1992 Sunday Times of India 19 Apr. 1/2 Mr Chavan also warned Pakistan of a befitting reply in case that country ventured to make mischief on our borders. < as lemmas |
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