单词 | to make water |
释义 | > as lemmasto make water g. to make water: to urinate. Now chiefly euphemistic. [Compare Middle French faire son eau (1475), Middle French, French †faire de l'eau (c1550).] ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > defecation or urination > urinary system > urinate [verb (intransitive)] migheeOE pissc1300 to make water?a1475 stale1530 leak1598 urinate1599 minge1606 urine1607 water1631 stroana1730 to pass water1738 to pump ship1759 piddle1784 to make one's burn1788 pittle1801 pee1825 micturate1842 tiddlea1852 leck1922 wet1925 whizz1929 wee-wee1930 wee1934 widdle1934 to go (make) wee-wee1937 tinkle1943 void1947 to take a leak1969 potty1972 slash1973 wazz1984 a1400 [see sense 17b]. ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 359 (MED) Mony men of that cuntre vse to make water and to send furthe theire vryne syttenge [L. sedendo..urinam emittunt]. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xiii. 603 He leit thame nocht haf sic laseir As anys wattir for to ma. 1562 W. Turner Bk. Natures Bathes Eng. f. 7, in 2nd Pt. Herball It is good for the flixe to the chamber pot called of the beste Physicianes Diabetes, that is when a man maketh water oft and much. a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) iv. iv. 37 When did'st thou see me heaue vp my leg, and make water against a Gentlewomans farthingale? View more context for this quotation 1650 E. Chilmead tr. J. Gaffarel in tr. L. Modena Hist. Rites of Jews sig. Bv Those that make water, Naked, in a Porch, or Entry of any House, shall be Poor men. 1706 tr. F. de la Calmette Riverius Reformatus iii. 162 Those that are troubled with this Distemper, by continually making Water, fill the Chamber-Pots. 1789 J. Howard Acct. Lazarettos Europe 195 No prisoner..shall..make water against any part of the building, under the penalty of forfeiting for each offence..four-pence. 1827 Lancet 6 Jan. 462/1 He was..enabled..to make water without splashing his silk stockings. 1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VIII. 259 The man who wets his bed, rather than take the trouble to get out and make water, is insanely idle. 1936 D. Thomas Let. 25 Apr. (1987) 226 He'd give her another cup of tea and hold the chamber pot up invitingly and say, ‘Now surely you must make water now.’ 1999 Bristol Post (Nexis) 13 Apr. 6 Every couple of streets, the blind man needed to go to the toilet or, as he said, to ‘make water’. < 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。