| 单词 | to run a fortune |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto run a fortune b. A mishap, disaster. to run a fortune (= French courir fortune de): to run a risk. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > calamity or misfortune > [noun] > misfortune or ill-luck > instance of misfortune or ill-luck unsitheOE evila1300 mischiefa1325 illa1340 adversity1340 infortunea1393 infortunity1477 cladec1480 misfortunec1485 fortune1490 trouble?1521 stumble1547 infelicity1575 disgrace1622 unfortunacya1662 disgracia1740 miscanter1781 reversal1846 avalanche1850 rough spin1919 the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > chance [verb (intransitive)] > run a risk or take one's chance to take one's chancec1325 to take penancec1400 to throw at allc1400 to buy a pig (in Scotl. a cat) in a poke1546 to throw the helve after the hatchet1546 to set (up) one's rest1579 to give the adventure1607 to make a shaft or a bolt of ita1616 to run a fortune1627 to run for luck1799 to go the vole1816 chance1863 to chance one's arm1889 to take a chance or chances1902 gamble1919 1490 Caxton's Blanchardyn & Eglantine (1962) xxxii. 121 Wher they arryued in fewe dayes wythout eny fortune. c1500 Three Kings' Sons (E.E.T.S.) 67 It was tyme nowe to leue of alle sorowe & lamentacion for any fortune that was befalle. 1627 W. Duncomb tr. V. d'Audiguier Tragi-comicall Hist. our Times ii. 29 I had rather run a fortune in giving way unto your desire, than refuse you so small a matter. < as lemmas |
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