| 单词 | to mend one's draught |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto mend one's draught b. transitive. To supplement, make up the deficiency of (see also sense 7a). In later use English regional in to mend one's draught: to have another drink. Obsolete.See also to mend one's hand at Phrases 4(b). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > make complete [verb (transitive)] > complete, fill up, or make up > by supplying what is wanting performa1382 supplyc1480 upmake1485 to make up1488 mend?a1505 to stop, to fill (in or up), to supply a gap?1523 to eke out1596 help out (also through)1600 size1608 echea1616 inch out1620 to eke up1633 supplete1664 lengthen1670 supplement1749 to husband out1762 sort1880 piecenc1900 a1505 R. Henryson Orpheus & Eurydice l. 281 in Poems (1981) 141 Thus gat he nocht his thrist to slake nor mend. a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) iv. iii. 59 Wee'll mend our dinner here. View more context for this quotation 1638 H. Wotton Let. in J. Milton Wks. (1738) I. p. xvi I would have been bold, in our vulgar phrase, to mend my draught, for you left me with an extreme Thirst. 1711 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 9 Oct. (1948) II. 330 I was forced to lie down at twelve to-day, and mend my night's sleep. 1793 T. Scott Poems 329 The poor man cou'd have ment a meal, Wi' a hare-bouk or sa'mon tail. 1875 A. Porson Notes Quaint Words Dial. S. Worcs. 30 If you like cider, sir, I hope you'll mend your draught. < as lemmas |
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