| 单词 | to make riddance |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto make (clean, quick, etc.) riddance a. The action or an act of getting rid of something or someone; removal, clearance; an instance of this. Frequently in to make (clean, quick, etc.) riddance (now rare). ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > removal or displacement > remove or displace [verb (transitive)] > clear out or away kill?c1225 purge1340 void1390 roota1398 devoida1400 rida1450 betwechec1450 redd1479 to make (clean, quick, etc.) riddance1528 expurge1542 vacuate1572 free1599 cleanse1628 rede1638 to clear out1655 dress1701 to clear away1711 to clear off1766 dissaturate1866 cancel1990 the world > space > place > absence > fact of being unoccupied > [noun] > clearing (a place) of people or things ridding1347 redd1488 riddance1528 scouring1606 clearage1818 clearance1851 the world > space > place > removal or displacement > [noun] > clearing or sweeping away > riddance riddance1528 avoidance1548 outrooting1562 rootage1587 absolution1655 purge1655 exterminating1664 elimination?1788 shuttance1826 1528 W. Tyndale Obed. Christen Man f. lxxxij The Pope for money can empty purgatory when he will It is verely purgatory. For it purgeth and maketh clene riddaunce: yee it is hell. For it devoureth all thinges. 1561 T. Hoby tr. B. Castiglione Courtyer iii. sig. Ll.ii Whan..they know they may ouerthrowe them with a sure riddaunce, reportinge all yuell of them, be it true or false, they doe it without sparynge. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry ii. f. 82v You must make this ryddance of the rootes at euery fall of the leafe. 1606 P. Holland tr. Suetonius Hist. Twelve Caesars 92 The skouringe and riddance of the workehouse prisons. 1630 tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdomes World (rev. ed.) 577 The old Vice-Roy maketh quicke and cleane riddance of all Vtensils. 1682 E. Pearse Conformist's 2nd Plea for Nonconformists 19 It is not good, that a general Riddance should be made of all Dissenters. 1762 R. Guy Pract. Observ. Cancers 34 It is in vain to expect an effectual Riddance of the Water by opening the Vesicles. 1785 W. Cowper Task v. 70 Clean riddance quickly made, one only care Remains to each—the search of sunny nook. 1809 Times 15 July 2/5 A prospective supply of future demands, as well as a retrospective riddance of existing incumbrances. 1849 U. S. Dem. Rev. Feb. 113 The people were resolved, when once more at work, to make a final riddance of..the whole dynastic tree. 1861 Times 16 Aug. 6/6 In the midst of houses almost as poor, low, and rickety as those of which the Great Fire made a riddance in the City. 1904 W. F. Goodrich Small Destructors vi. 113 To send such objectionable refuse away to be dumped on waste land is at the best an irresponsible method of riddance. 1921 Pop. Mech. Jan. 8/2 The expense of torpedoing made effective riddance of the wild-fowl plague almost prohibitive. 1954 Econ. Bot. 8 105/2 Digestion of even traces of protein in the garments seems to aid in the riddance of grease and other dirt. 2005 Miami Herald (Nexis) 23 June (Neighbors section) 26 The burning of the firewood pays homage to the sun and celebrates the riddance of the negative elements of the past. < as lemmas |
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