英语词汇“to light into”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

U.S. colloquial.

a. intransitive. To attack (a person or animal) physically.

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1878 Puck 13 Mar. 6/2 That Crump boy lit into me, he did, an' tuck me side o' de head wid his fis', ye-es he did!

1884 ‘M. Twain’ Adventures Huckleberry Finn xxii. 194 He lit into that horse with his whip and made him fairly hum.

2007 L. Kleypas Sugar Daddy (e-book ed.) Louis lit into him with singular viciousness, walloping him to a bloody pulp.

b. intransitive. To criticize (a person or thing) severely; to launch a verbal attack on.

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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > criticize [verb (intransitive)] > severely

quip1542

snap1579

quib1580

to lash out1884

slam1884

to rip into——1907

to lace into1908

to light into ——1922

to give (make, have, etc.) grief1974

excoriate1985

1922 Outlook (N.Y.) 3 May 22/2 You ought to have seen how she lit into me when she found out some of the [butter] pats were just a little over a pound.

1967 Boston Sunday Herald 7 May iv. 5/5 Chris did demonstrate he is prepared for a scrap in the coming campaign when he lit into Mrs. Hicks' proposals.

2003 USA Today (Nexis) 20 Mar. 8 a Senate Democratic leader Tom Daschle..lit into President Bush for failed diplomacy that he said would result in the deaths of Americans.

2. intransitive. To start on (something) in a determined or energetic way; to launch into (something).

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1910 E. B. Bronson Cowboy Life on Western Plains 50 He lit into such bucking as I had never dreamed I could stand in a second, but..I contrived to stay on him.

1917 M. E. Freeman & F. M. Kingsley Alabaster Box i. 3 He'll light into those hot doughnuts.

2008 Magnet No. 79. 121 The revered punk-rock survivors—now old enough to play on golf's senior tour—lit into a throbbing, 40-minute set.

单词	to light into
释义	> as lemmas to light into —— to light into —— U.S. colloquial. 1. a. intransitive. To attack (a person or animal) physically. ΚΠ 1878 Puck 13 Mar. 6/2 That Crump boy lit into me, he did, an' tuck me side o' de head wid his fis', ye-es he did! 1884 ‘M. Twain’ Adventures Huckleberry Finn xxii. 194 He lit into that horse with his whip and made him fairly hum. 2007 L. Kleypas Sugar Daddy (e-book ed.) Louis lit into him with singular viciousness, walloping him to a bloody pulp. b. intransitive. To criticize (a person or thing) severely; to launch a verbal attack on. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > criticize [verb (intransitive)] > severely quip1542 snap1579 quib1580 to lash out1884 slam1884 to rip into——1907 to lace into1908 to light into ——1922 to give (make, have, etc.) grief1974 excoriate1985 1922 Outlook (N.Y.) 3 May 22/2 You ought to have seen how she lit into me when she found out some of the [butter] pats were just a little over a pound. 1967 Boston Sunday Herald 7 May iv. 5/5 Chris did demonstrate he is prepared for a scrap in the coming campaign when he lit into Mrs. Hicks' proposals. 2003 USA Today (Nexis) 20 Mar. 8 a Senate Democratic leader Tom Daschle..lit into President Bush for failed diplomacy that he said would result in the deaths of Americans. 2. intransitive. To start on (something) in a determined or energetic way; to launch into (something). ΚΠ 1910 E. B. Bronson Cowboy Life on Western Plains 50 He lit into such bucking as I had never dreamed I could stand in a second, but..I contrived to stay on him. 1917 M. E. Freeman & F. M. Kingsley Alabaster Box i. 3 He'll light into those hot doughnuts. 2008 Magnet No. 79. 121 The revered punk-rock survivors—now old enough to play on golf's senior tour—lit into a throbbing, 40-minute set. extracted from lightv.¹ < as lemmas
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