单词 | to out-auden auden |
释义 | > as lemmasto out-Auden Auden (ii) Formed on proper names: to outdo a person, nation, or sect in respect of the attribute for which they are renowned, as to out-Nero Nero, to out-Auden Auden. Cf. out-Herod v. See also out-babble v. N.E.D. (1903) remarks: ‘The vast development of this, as of so many other Shakesperian usages, belongs to the 19th cent., in which such expressions have been used almost without limit.’ ΚΠ 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iii. ii. 14 I would haue such a Fellow whipt for o're-dooing Termagant, it out Herod's Herod [1603 It out, Herodes Herod], pray you auoyde it. 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. viii. 21 Herein, Morgan, Out-Bonnered even Bonner himself. 1737 Common Sense I. 309 Even to out-bentley Bentley. 1800 J. Wolcot P.S. in Wks. (1812) IV. 338 In his accoutrements out-Alexandering Alexander. 1870 J. R. Lowell Among my Bks. (1873) 1st Ser. 3 He..out-Miltons Milton in artifice of style. 1886 Referee 21 Feb. 7/4 If the Provost-Marshall has..out-Neroed Nero. 1941 P. Larkin Let. 31 Dec. in Sel. Lett. (1992) 29 None of it will be of any value anyway, so it's no use short circuiting myself in an effort to out-Auden Auden or out-Lawrence Lawrence. 1995 Daily Tel. 12 Oct. 6/1 She managed to out-Thatch one of the greatest Thatcherites of them all, the Social Security Secretary, Peter Lilley. < as lemmas |
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