英语词汇“to make neither head nor tail of”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

(a) head or tail: either one thing or another; anything definite or intelligible. Usually in negative or interrogative contexts, and now chiefly with make (as (not) to make head nor tail of, to make neither head nor tail of, etc.). Cf. to have neither head nor feet at Phrases 3f(b).

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1546 G. Joye Refut. Byshop Winchesters Derke Declar. f. clxxix A longe confuse talke of this bish. which as it is all out of his owne brayne dreamed withoute anye scripture, so hathe it nether head ne tayle.

1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. viii. 109 That was a kind of Lechecraft, which as yet had neither Head nor Tayle.

1662 A. Brome Rump (new ed.) i. 222 If you studdy upon't, I hope you will neither make Head or Tayle on't.

1698 Digiti-lingua 27 'Tis but exchanging five or more Letters in an Alphabet, and they can never make Head or Tayl of it.

1730 H. Fielding Pleasures of Town iii. i, in Author's Farce 29 But what is the Design or Plot? for I could make neither Head nor Tail of it.

1771 T. Nugent tr. B. Cellini Life I. ii. x. 417 You are trifling, and there is neither head nor tail in what you say.

1831 Boston Transcript 2 Aug. 2/3 The entertainment happened to be the ‘Stage Coach’, which was acted so wretchedly that it was impossible to make head or tail of it.

1890 J. H. McCarthy French Revol. II. 88 It is difficult to make head or tail of the whole business.

1923 R. J. Cortissoz Amer. Artists viii. 98 When Lowell heard Emerson lecture in the time of his declension..he could not make head nor tail of the discourse.

1984 B. MacLaverty Cal (new ed.) 126 He read some of it but could not make head or tail of it.

1994 News (Boca Raton, Florida) 3 Oct. e15/1 I can't fathom head or tail of what I'm reading.

单词	to make neither head nor tail of
释义	> as lemmas to make neither head nor tail of (a) head or tail: either one thing or another; anything definite or intelligible. Usually in negative or interrogative contexts, and now chiefly with make (as (not) to make head nor tail of, to make neither head nor tail of, etc.). Cf. to have neither head nor feet at Phrases 3f(b). ΚΠ 1546 G. Joye Refut. Byshop Winchesters Derke Declar. f. clxxix A longe confuse talke of this bish. which as it is all out of his owne brayne dreamed withoute anye scripture, so hathe it nether head ne tayle. 1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. viii. 109 That was a kind of Lechecraft, which as yet had neither Head nor Tayle. 1662 A. Brome Rump (new ed.) i. 222 If you studdy upon't, I hope you will neither make Head or Tayle on't. 1698 Digiti-lingua 27 'Tis but exchanging five or more Letters in an Alphabet, and they can never make Head or Tayl of it. 1730 H. Fielding Pleasures of Town iii. i, in Author's Farce 29 But what is the Design or Plot? for I could make neither Head nor Tail of it. 1771 T. Nugent tr. B. Cellini Life I. ii. x. 417 You are trifling, and there is neither head nor tail in what you say. 1831 Boston Transcript 2 Aug. 2/3 The entertainment happened to be the ‘Stage Coach’, which was acted so wretchedly that it was impossible to make head or tail of it. 1890 J. H. McCarthy French Revol. II. 88 It is difficult to make head or tail of the whole business. 1923 R. J. Cortissoz Amer. Artists viii. 98 When Lowell heard Emerson lecture in the time of his declension..he could not make head nor tail of the discourse. 1984 B. MacLaverty Cal (new ed.) 126 He read some of it but could not make head or tail of it. 1994 News (Boca Raton, Florida) 3 Oct. e15/1 I can't fathom head or tail of what I'm reading. extracted from headn.¹ < as lemmas
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