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

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to shatter (also turn, etc.) to (also into) matches

P2. figurative. to shatter (also turn, etc.) to (also into) matches: to break into splinters or very small pieces. Now rare.

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1834 R. H. Horne Spirit Peers & People ii. i. 118 I'm not sure but the magazine will be fired, and we shall all be blown to matches and tinder!

a1864 R. S. Surtees Mr. Facey Romford's Hounds (1865) xxx. 176 An inveterate jibber and kicker..which..reduced the family phaeton to lucifer matches in a minute.

1873 T. E. Brown Christmas Rose 7 A ship that catches On the Scranes is very soon turned into matches.

1898 Times 10 Jan. 13/3 Captain Norie..whose left arm was shattered into matches by a bullet.

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单词	to shatter to matches
释义	> as lemmas to shatter (also turn, etc.) to (also into) matches P2. figurative. to shatter (also turn, etc.) to (also into) matches: to break into splinters or very small pieces. Now rare. ΚΠ 1834 R. H. Horne Spirit Peers & People ii. i. 118 I'm not sure but the magazine will be fired, and we shall all be blown to matches and tinder! a1864 R. S. Surtees Mr. Facey Romford's Hounds (1865) xxx. 176 An inveterate jibber and kicker..which..reduced the family phaeton to lucifer matches in a minute. 1873 T. E. Brown Christmas Rose 7 A ship that catches On the Scranes is very soon turned into matches. 1898 Times 10 Jan. 13/3 Captain Norie..whose left arm was shattered into matches by a bullet. extracted from matchn.² < as lemmas
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