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

a. transitive. In extended use. To cut up, subdivide minutely; to tear, smash, etc., to pieces. Also with up. Occasionally reflexive or intransitive. †to mince away: to erode, to nullify (obsolete).

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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > action of dividing or divided condition > divide [verb (transitive)] > into small parts

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?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) 6758 All northumbirlande prouynce He thoght as croms of brede to mynce.

1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xxxix. 191 To mince his labour so, as ech one can haue but some litle.

1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre v. xxi. 264 We will not take notice of Germanie as it is minced into pettie Principalities.

1643 Sir T. Browne Religio Medici (authorized ed.) i. §8 Nor contented with a general breach or dichotomy with their Church do subdivide and mince themselves almost into Atoms.

1689 T. Rymer View Govt. Europe 62 The Jesuits there have..minc'd away all the old remains of Morality and Conscience.

a1748 I. Watts Improvem. Mind ii. vi, in Coll. Wks. (1753) V. 347 I have always thought it a mistake in the preacher to mince his text or his subject too small, by a great number of subdivisions.

a1821 J. Keats Otho i. i, in R. M. Milnes Life, Lett. & Lit. Remains Keats (1848) II. 116 The horses' hoofs have minced it!

1853 J. B. Marsden Hist. Early Puritans (ed. 2) 244 Their [sc. the Puritans'] sermons were not studiously minced up in tiny fragments.

1930 N. Coward Private Lives i. 6 Age old instincts working away deep down, mincing up little bits of experience for future use.

1979 D. Walcott Star-apple Kingdom 13 One day this man snatch it From my hand..and start mincing me like I was some hen Because of the poems.

1992 Harrowsmith Oct. 26/1 On a small scale, a mechanical chipper/shredder might mince up the rough stuff for usable mulch.

β. 1712 W. Bates Acct. Life P. Henry in Wks. (1853) II. 647/1 In his expositions, he reduced the matter of the chapter..read to some heads; not by a logical analysis, which often mincheth it too small.1827 J. Watt Poems 7 Reviewers..May minch, dissect, condemn to burn.

单词	to mince away
释义	> as lemmas to mince away a. transitive. In extended use. To cut up, subdivide minutely; to tear, smash, etc., to pieces. Also with up. Occasionally reflexive or intransitive. †to mince away: to erode, to nullify (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > action of dividing or divided condition > divide [verb (transitive)] > into small parts mince?c1450 morsel1598 shred1660 comminute1836 α. ?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) 6758 All northumbirlande prouynce He thoght as croms of brede to mynce. 1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xxxix. 191 To mince his labour so, as ech one can haue but some litle. 1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre v. xxi. 264 We will not take notice of Germanie as it is minced into pettie Principalities. 1643 Sir T. Browne Religio Medici (authorized ed.) i. §8 Nor contented with a general breach or dichotomy with their Church do subdivide and mince themselves almost into Atoms. View more context for this quotation 1689 T. Rymer View Govt. Europe 62 The Jesuits there have..minc'd away all the old remains of Morality and Conscience. a1748 I. Watts Improvem. Mind ii. vi, in Coll. Wks. (1753) V. 347 I have always thought it a mistake in the preacher to mince his text or his subject too small, by a great number of subdivisions. a1821 J. Keats Otho i. i, in R. M. Milnes Life, Lett. & Lit. Remains Keats (1848) II. 116 The horses' hoofs have minced it! 1853 J. B. Marsden Hist. Early Puritans (ed. 2) 244 Their [sc. the Puritans'] sermons were not studiously minced up in tiny fragments. 1930 N. Coward Private Lives i. 6 Age old instincts working away deep down, mincing up little bits of experience for future use. 1979 D. Walcott Star-apple Kingdom 13 One day this man snatch it From my hand..and start mincing me like I was some hen Because of the poems. 1992 Harrowsmith Oct. 26/1 On a small scale, a mechanical chipper/shredder might mince up the rough stuff for usable mulch. β. 1712 W. Bates Acct. Life P. Henry in Wks. (1853) II. 647/1 In his expositions, he reduced the matter of the chapter..read to some heads; not by a logical analysis, which often mincheth it too small.1827 J. Watt Poems 7 Reviewers..May minch, dissect, condemn to burn. extracted from mincev. < as lemmas
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