单词 | to stick full of |
释义 | > as lemmasto stick full of 9. intransitive. to stick full of: to be riddled with (arrows, darts, etc.); (later more generally) to be full of. Cf. as full (also close, etc.) as one can stick at Phrases 3. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > presence > fact of taking up space > taking up space [phrase] > full to capacity to stick full ofc1300 full to the brim1609 to capacity1937 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by speed or gait > [verb (intransitive)] > move with short steps to stick full ofc1300 to beat the dust1607 to beat upon a walk1607 strike1683 to go, walk, etc. short1753 c1300 St. Edmund King (Harl.) l. 48 in C. D'Evelyn & A. J. Mill S. Eng. Legendary (1956) 513 As ful as an illespyl is of pikes al aboute As ful he stikede of arewen wiþinne & wiþoute. c1400 Brut (Rawl. B. 171) 107 Þai..made Archires to him shote with Arwes, til þat his body stickede alse ful of Arwes as an hirchone is ful of prickes. 1573 T. Twyne tr. Virgil in T. Phaer & T. Twyne tr. Virgil Whole .xii. Bks. Æneidos xii. sig. Mmv When as their backes sticke full of dartes, yt hunters thick haue throwne. 1598 J. Mosan tr. C. Wirsung Praxis Med. Vniuersalis v. i. 567 These said vaines of the breast, do sticke full of Melancholie blood, and are verie ill to be healed. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Houssepaillée, a sluttish dragle-tayle, whose gowne euer sticks full of straw. 1665 J. Sparrow tr. J. Böhme 40 Questions of Soul (new ed.) xv. 209 When the earthly Tree sticketh full of green sprouting driving Essences and Poyson. 1744 tr. Livy Rom. Hist. VI. xxxviii. xxvi. 104 The Gauls,..having their bodies sticking full of darts, and fatigued with loss of blood. 1835 W. G. Simms Partisan II. x. 86 A superb fellow, fat as butter, and sticking full of eggs. 1870 G. P. Belden Belden, White Chief lv. 372 I fortunately found the carcasses of two fine buffaloes sticking full of Sioux arrows. 1906 Nova Scotia Rep. 24 194 They pried part of it off and it was sticking full of gold, rich with gold. 1982 W. L. Hunt Southern Gardens, Southern Gardening 153 Many of us have had seeds of Elizabeth's specimen, which is sticking full of the red fruits every fall. < as lemmas |
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