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

b. An end, conclusion; the point of completion of a process, etc. †to set down one's period: to reach a conclusion (obsolete). to put a (also some) period to: to bring to an end. Formerly also †to give (also set) a period to.In some uses perhaps influenced by sense A. 17a.

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the world > action or operation > completing > [noun] > a conclusion or end > point of completion

terminationc1500

period1554

the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > end or conclusion > [noun] > a limit, end, or term

endc1000

pointc1330

terma1398

datec1400

limec1420

period1554

full stopa1586

stopa1586

coda1836

mop1945

1554 J. Lydgate tr. Fall of Princes iv. x. f. cviii^v Periody of pryncis may not chaunged be, The terme set fro which they may not flee.

1590 R. Greene Mourning Garment 17 She glaunced hir lookes on all,..but at last she set downe her period on the face of Alexis, thinking he was the fairest.

?1594 H. Constable Diana (new ed.) sig. F4^v Give period to my matter of complaining.

1601 R. Johnson in tr. G. Botero Trauellers Breuiat sig. A2^v I put a period to these lines.

1615 R. Hamor True Disc. Present Estate Virginia 28 If by these meanes God has ordained to set a period to their liues, they could neuer be sacrificed in a more acceptable seruice.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) iv. ii. 17 The period of thy Tyranny approacheth.

1654 R. Codrington tr. Justinus Hist. ix. 139 This day did set a period to all Greece, in the respect of their antient liberty.

1670 J. Evelyn Let. 20 Jan. in Diary & Corr. (1859) III. 221 The subject of it being..the war..not yet brought to a period.

1676 M. Hale Contempl. Moral & Divine i. 52 A little..accident..may put a period to all those pleasures..in an unthought of moment.

1705 G. Stanhope Paraphr. Epist. & Gospels I. 140 A thing past and now come to a Period.

1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 54. ⁋2 A man accustomed..to trace things from their origin to their period.

1766 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. II. ix. 143 Every estate which must expire at a period certain and prefixed,..is an estate for years.

1805 B. Finch Emma Starbridge in Sonnets & Other Poems 86 This spot, so frequently the witness of your tyranny, and of my sufferings, is destined as that in which both shall know a period.

1814 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Vision III. xvi. 137 The just anger that hath..put a period to your gladsome days.

1882 R. L. Stevenson New Arabian Nights I. 145 I mean to put a period to this..prodigality.

1957 Pract. Wireless 32 384/1 The Director General [of the B.B.C.] should really put some period to those snobbish Chelsea types who wish to give Kensington drawing-room type of pronunciation to words and place names.

1991 S. Fry Liar (1992) ii. 81 Peter forbore once more to put a period to the rottenest life in the rottenest den in the rottenest borough in the rottenest city in all the rotten world.

单词	to put a period to
释义	> as lemmas to put a (also some) period to b. An end, conclusion; the point of completion of a process, etc. †to set down one's period: to reach a conclusion (obsolete). to put a (also some) period to: to bring to an end. Formerly also †to give (also set) a period to.In some uses perhaps influenced by sense A. 17a. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > completing > [noun] > a conclusion or end > point of completion terminationc1500 period1554 the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > end or conclusion > [noun] > a limit, end, or term endc1000 pointc1330 terma1398 datec1400 limec1420 period1554 full stopa1586 stopa1586 coda1836 mop1945 1554 J. Lydgate tr. Fall of Princes iv. x. f. cviii^v Periody of pryncis may not chaunged be, The terme set fro which they may not flee. 1590 R. Greene Mourning Garment 17 She glaunced hir lookes on all,..but at last she set downe her period on the face of Alexis, thinking he was the fairest. ?1594 H. Constable Diana (new ed.) sig. F4^v Give period to my matter of complaining. 1601 R. Johnson in tr. G. Botero Trauellers Breuiat sig. A2^v I put a period to these lines. 1615 R. Hamor True Disc. Present Estate Virginia 28 If by these meanes God has ordained to set a period to their liues, they could neuer be sacrificed in a more acceptable seruice. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) iv. ii. 17 The period of thy Tyranny approacheth. View more context for this quotation 1654 R. Codrington tr. Justinus Hist. ix. 139 This day did set a period to all Greece, in the respect of their antient liberty. 1670 J. Evelyn Let. 20 Jan. in Diary & Corr. (1859) III. 221 The subject of it being..the war..not yet brought to a period. 1676 M. Hale Contempl. Moral & Divine i. 52 A little..accident..may put a period to all those pleasures..in an unthought of moment. 1705 G. Stanhope Paraphr. Epist. & Gospels I. 140 A thing past and now come to a Period. 1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 54. ⁋2 A man accustomed..to trace things from their origin to their period. 1766 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. II. ix. 143 Every estate which must expire at a period certain and prefixed,..is an estate for years. 1805 B. Finch Emma Starbridge in Sonnets & Other Poems 86 This spot, so frequently the witness of your tyranny, and of my sufferings, is destined as that in which both shall know a period. 1814 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Vision III. xvi. 137 The just anger that hath..put a period to your gladsome days. 1882 R. L. Stevenson New Arabian Nights I. 145 I mean to put a period to this..prodigality. 1957 Pract. Wireless 32 384/1 The Director General [of the B.B.C.] should really put some period to those snobbish Chelsea types who wish to give Kensington drawing-room type of pronunciation to words and place names. 1991 S. Fry Liar (1992) ii. 81 Peter forbore once more to put a period to the rottenest life in the rottenest den in the rottenest borough in the rottenest city in all the rotten world. extracted from periodn.adj.adv. < as lemmas
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