单词 | to nip in the bud |
释义 | > as lemmasto nip in the bud P2. to nip in the bud: to suppress, check, or destroy, esp. at an early stage. Formerly also †to nip in the bloom, etc. (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > hinder completely or prevent [verb (transitive)] > check (in) a course of action stanchc1315 arrestc1374 checka1400 stem?c1450 stay1525 to take up1530 rebate1532 suspend1565 nip1575 countercheck1590 to nip in the bud1590 to clip the wings ofa1593 to nip in (also by, on) the head (also neck, pate)1594 trasha1616 to scotch the wheels of1648 spike1687 spoke1854 to pull up1861 1590 T. Lodge Rosalynde: Euphues Golden Legacie f. 24 Nature hath prodigally inricht thee with her fauours..and now..to haue all these good partes nipped in the blade, and blemisht by the inconstancie of Fortune. 1595 H. Chettle Piers Plainnes Prentiship sig. E3v Extinguish these fond loues with minds labour, and nip thy affections in the bloome, that they may neuer bee of power to budde. 1607 F. Beaumont Woman Hater iii. i. sig. D4v Yet I can frowne and nip a passion Euen in the bud. 1658 A. Cokayne Small Poems 120 Dost thou approach to censure our delights, And nip them in the bud? 1677 tr. A.-N. Amelot de La Houssaie Hist. Govt. Venice 307 Had not the Senat..nipt their Animosity in the Bud. 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 526. ¶2 Holding it extremely requisite that you should nip him in the Bud. 1746 J. Hervey Medit. among Tombs 24 He has nipped Infancy in its Bud. 1772 Q. F. Norton Let. 3 Nov. in John Norton & Sons (1968) 278 The Italian Fashions and Vices creep in upon us apace, which if not nipt in the Bud will take too deep a Root. 1844 W. Irving in Life & Lett. (1866) III. 321 Insurrections have broken out.., and Government are taking strong measures to nip them in the bud. 1861 H. T. Buckle Hist. Civilisation Eng. (1873) II. viii. 565 This and many other noble projects were nipped in the bud by the death of Charles III. 1956 A. Wilson Anglo-Saxon Attitudes i. ii. 44 He sat down with the air of having nipped some potentially insidious nonsense in the bud. 1998 K. Desai Hullabaloo in Guava Orchard (1999) ix. 82 This was a very dangerous thing and should be nipped in the bud immediately, he felt. < as lemmas |
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