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

a. to rule the roast: to have full sway or authority; to be master. Cf. to rule the roost at roost n.¹ Phrases 2.In common use from c1500 onwards, but none of the early examples throw any light on the precise origin of the expression.

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society > authority > [verb (intransitive)]

to give (the) law (to)a1225

reignc1325

to rule the roastc1500

to bear (the) rooma1529

to have, bear, carry, strike the stroke1531

to bear (a or the) sway1549

to bear a (also the) rout1550

(to have) swing and sway1552

to rule the rout1570

master1656

carry1662

to lay down the law1762

to rule the roost1769

to carry (also hold) (big) guns1867

c1500 Debate Carpenter's Tools in Rev. Eng. Stud. (1987) 38 459 Whatsoeuer ȝe brage ore boste My mayster ȝet schall reule þe roste.

a1529 J. Skelton Magnyfycence (?1530) sig. Cii^v Cra. Con. In fayth I rule moche of the rost. Clo. Col. Rule the roste y^e thou woldest.

1559 T. Bryce in E. Farr Sel. Poetry Reign Elizabeth (1845) I. 175 When shall trew dealing rule the roste With those that bye and sell?

1577 R. Stanyhurst Treat. Descr. Irelande iii. f. 11^v/2, in R. Holinshed Chron. I These were Irishe Potentates, and before their discomfiture they ruled y^e roste.

c1616 R. C. Certaine Poems in Times' Whistle (1871) 117 In cholerick bodies, fire doth govern moste; In sanguine, aire doth chiefly rule the rost.

1659 T. Pecke Parnassi Puerperium 46 He rules the Rost, by Night; She rules the Daies.

1681 Heraclitus Ridens 9 Aug. 2/1 The Whiggs shall not always Rule the Roast, nor the Custards and Venison Pasty's neither.

a1721 M. Prior Turtle & Sparrow (1723) 334 I never strove to rule the roast.

a1777 S. Foote Trip to Calais (1778) ii. 43 The ladies always rule the roast in this part of the world.

1821 W. Combe Third Tour Dr. Syntax xxxvi. 126 This is the toast, Which in this place must rule the roast.

1876 Good Words Nov. 788 The sensual appetite rules the roast, and proclaims its determination to be gratified at all costs.

1916 E. V. Lucas Vermilion Box 52 Here he is, just as knutty as though the Algies and Berties were still ruling the roast.

1974 Times 24 Apr. 12/1 White Hart Lane..where Spurs have ruled the roast in Uefa Cup ties for three years.

2003 A. Syed Democracy My Foot I. 367 It is these people who pack the party with bogus members and rule the roast.

单词	to rule the roast
释义	> as lemmas to rule the roast a. to rule the roast: to have full sway or authority; to be master. Cf. to rule the roost at roost n.¹ Phrases 2.In common use from c1500 onwards, but none of the early examples throw any light on the precise origin of the expression. ΘΚΠ society > authority > [verb (intransitive)] to give (the) law (to)a1225 reignc1325 to rule the roastc1500 to bear (the) rooma1529 to have, bear, carry, strike the stroke1531 to bear (a or the) sway1549 to bear a (also the) rout1550 (to have) swing and sway1552 to rule the rout1570 master1656 carry1662 to lay down the law1762 to rule the roost1769 to carry (also hold) (big) guns1867 c1500 Debate Carpenter's Tools in Rev. Eng. Stud. (1987) 38 459 Whatsoeuer ȝe brage ore boste My mayster ȝet schall reule þe roste. a1529 J. Skelton Magnyfycence (?1530) sig. Cii^v Cra. Con. In fayth I rule moche of the rost. Clo. Col. Rule the roste y^e thou woldest. 1559 T. Bryce in E. Farr Sel. Poetry Reign Elizabeth (1845) I. 175 When shall trew dealing rule the roste With those that bye and sell? 1577 R. Stanyhurst Treat. Descr. Irelande iii. f. 11^v/2, in R. Holinshed Chron. I These were Irishe Potentates, and before their discomfiture they ruled y^e roste. c1616 R. C. Certaine Poems in Times' Whistle (1871) 117 In cholerick bodies, fire doth govern moste; In sanguine, aire doth chiefly rule the rost. 1659 T. Pecke Parnassi Puerperium 46 He rules the Rost, by Night; She rules the Daies. 1681 Heraclitus Ridens 9 Aug. 2/1 The Whiggs shall not always Rule the Roast, nor the Custards and Venison Pasty's neither. a1721 M. Prior Turtle & Sparrow (1723) 334 I never strove to rule the roast. a1777 S. Foote Trip to Calais (1778) ii. 43 The ladies always rule the roast in this part of the world. 1821 W. Combe Third Tour Dr. Syntax xxxvi. 126 This is the toast, Which in this place must rule the roast. 1876 Good Words Nov. 788 The sensual appetite rules the roast, and proclaims its determination to be gratified at all costs. 1916 E. V. Lucas Vermilion Box 52 Here he is, just as knutty as though the Algies and Berties were still ruling the roast. 1974 Times 24 Apr. 12/1 White Hart Lane..where Spurs have ruled the roast in Uefa Cup ties for three years. 2003 A. Syed Democracy My Foot I. 367 It is these people who pack the party with bogus members and rule the roast. extracted from roastn. < as lemmas
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