| 单词 | to put one's hand to the plough |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto put (also lay, set, etc.) one's hand to the plough a. to put (also lay, set, etc.) one's hand to the plough and variants (after Luke 9:62): to undertake a task; to enter upon a particular course of life or conduct. ΘΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > undertake or set oneself to do [verb (intransitive)] found12.. to take on (also upon) one(self)a1300 assay1330 study1340 to put (also lay, set, etc.) one's hand to the ploughc1384 intendc1385 pressc1390 to put oneself in pressc1390 gatherc1400 undertakec1405 sayc1425 to fall in hand with (also to do (something))c1450 setc1485 obligea1500 essay?1515 attend1523 supprise1532 to set in foot1542 enterprise1547 address1548 to set in hand1548 prove1612 to make it one's businessa1628 engage1646 embark1647 bend1694 to take hold1868 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) Luke ix. 62 No man sendynge [a1425 L.V. that puttith] his hond to the plouȝ and biholdinge aȝen is able to the rewme of God. a1475 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Life Man (Vitell.) 24031 (MED) I sette myn hand vnto the plough. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Luke ix. f. xcij No man that putteth hys honde to the plowe, and loketh backe, is apte to the kingdom of god. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 253 Quhen he had put hand to the pluiche, to receiue yairof proffite and gude fructe. 1632 R. Sanderson 12 Serm. 417 Reach foorth thine hand towards this spirituall Plow. 1678 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 5 Will you go back with us, or no?.. No..because I have laid my hand to the Plow. 1718 Mem. Life J. Kettlewell i. xxiii. 47 It was Time..to set his Hand to the Plow in good Earnest. 1792 M. Wollstonecraft Vindic. Rights Woman xii. 361 The good effects resulting from attention to private education will ever be very confined, and the parent who really puts his own hand to the plow, will always, in some degree, be disappointed. 1816 B. Waterhouse Jrnl. Young Man Mass. (1911) ix. 337 They have put their hand to the plough, and not only looked back but have gone back. 1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre III. viii. 215 To the main point..you do not object. You have already as good as put your hand to the plough: you are too consistent to withdraw it. 1912 S. Leacock in Montreal Star 23 Mar. 23/5 Let them but set their hands to the plough and they could soon guide it into the deep water. 1991 D. M. Greenwood Unholy Ghosts (BNC) 36 She had set her hand to the plough. She needed to learn as much as she could about this area of mental disturbance. < as lemmas |
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