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

1. To appeal to, or use a formula of appeal to (a divine being or sacred object, or something affectedly or trivially substituted therefor) in swearing; to say ‘by…’ as a form of oath: cf. by prep. 2. to swear by no beggars, to swear by no bugs: see beggar n. 1c, bug n.¹ Phrases.

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the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [verb (transitive)]

swearOE

to swear by ——c1220

cuss1779

oath1834

the mind > language > statement > assertion or affirmation > [verb (transitive)] > swear an oath or take an oath > swear by

to swear by ——c1220

oath1740

c1220 Bestiary 597 He sweren bi ðe rode, bi ðe sunne & bi ðe mone.

a1300 Pol. Songs (Camden) 70 Sire Simond de Mountfort hath swore bi ys chyn [etc.].

a1300 Pol. Songs (Camden) 70 Sire Simond de Montfort hath suore bi ys cop [etc.].

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 45 A knyȝt wes þet zuor be godes eȝen.

c1386 G. Chaucer Miller's Prol. 17 In Pilates voys he gan to crie And swoor by Armes, and by blood, and bones.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 6847 Bi fals godds suer yee nan.

14.. R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) App. K. 3 (MS. β) Þer of we schul awreke beo, I swere be my heued.

1508 Golagros & Gawane (Chepman & Myllar) sig. cvi I swere be suthfast god that settis all on sevin.

1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing iv. i. 276 Bened. By my sword Beatrice, thou louest me. Beat. Do not sweare and eate it.

a1631 J. Donne Satires i. 13 First sweare by thy best love in earnest..Thou wilt not leave mee in the middle street, Though some more spruce companion thou dost meet.

1721 R. Wodrow Hist. Sufferings Church of Scotl. (1838) I. i. iv. 333/2 That to swear by faith, conscience, and the like, were innocent ways of speaking.

1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall III. xxxi. 229 They had sworn, by the sacred head of the emperor himself.

1842 Ld. Tennyson Godiva in Poems (new ed.) II. 113 He laugh'd, and swore by Peter and by Paul.

1876 Ld. Tennyson Harold v. i. 128 The strange Saints By whom thou swarest.

2. To swear to or be sure of the existence of (cf. to swear to —— 2 at Phrasal verbs 1): in enough to swear by, expressing a very slight amount. colloquial or slang.

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the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > a small quantity or amount > a very small amount

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enough to swear by1756

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tidge1986

1756 C. Lucas Ess. Waters iii. 138 They prescribe them..in some quantity, though it be but enough to swear by.

1884 ‘H. Collingwood’ Under Meteor Flag 40 The two ships touched with a shock which was barely perceptible, just enough in fact to ‘swear by,’ as the gunner remarked.

3. To accept as an infallible authority; to have absolute confidence in. colloquial.

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the mind > mental capacity > belief > belief, trust, confidence > act of convincing, conviction > convince, be convincing [verb (intransitive)] > be convinced > without any doubts

possess1563

to swear by ——a1817

a1817 J. Austen Persuasion (1818) III. vi. 103 I have no very good opinion of Mrs. Charles's nursery-maid... Mrs. Charles quite swears by her.

1864 E. Yates Broken to Harness I. x. 173 He is always..changing his medical system: now vaunting the virtues of blue-pill, now swearing by homœopathy.

1890 G. A. Henty With Lee in Virginia 91 We have a first-rate fellow in command of the cavalry..His fellows swear by him.

单词	to swear by
释义	> as lemmas to swear by —— to swear by —— 1. To appeal to, or use a formula of appeal to (a divine being or sacred object, or something affectedly or trivially substituted therefor) in swearing; to say ‘by…’ as a form of oath: cf. by prep. 2. to swear by no beggars, to swear by no bugs: see beggar n. 1c, bug n.¹ Phrases. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [verb (transitive)] swearOE to swear by ——c1220 cuss1779 oath1834 the mind > language > statement > assertion or affirmation > [verb (transitive)] > swear an oath or take an oath > swear by to swear by ——c1220 oath1740 c1220 Bestiary 597 He sweren bi ðe rode, bi ðe sunne & bi ðe mone. a1300 Pol. Songs (Camden) 70 Sire Simond de Mountfort hath swore bi ys chyn [etc.]. a1300 Pol. Songs (Camden) 70 Sire Simond de Montfort hath suore bi ys cop [etc.]. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 45 A knyȝt wes þet zuor be godes eȝen. c1386 G. Chaucer Miller's Prol. 17 In Pilates voys he gan to crie And swoor by Armes, and by blood, and bones. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 6847 Bi fals godds suer yee nan. 14.. R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) App. K. 3 (MS. β) Þer of we schul awreke beo, I swere be my heued. 1508 Golagros & Gawane (Chepman & Myllar) sig. cvi I swere be suthfast god that settis all on sevin. 1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing iv. i. 276 Bened. By my sword Beatrice, thou louest me. Beat. Do not sweare and eate it. View more context for this quotation a1631 J. Donne Satires i. 13 First sweare by thy best love in earnest..Thou wilt not leave mee in the middle street, Though some more spruce companion thou dost meet. 1721 R. Wodrow Hist. Sufferings Church of Scotl. (1838) I. i. iv. 333/2 That to swear by faith, conscience, and the like, were innocent ways of speaking. 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall III. xxxi. 229 They had sworn, by the sacred head of the emperor himself. 1842 Ld. Tennyson Godiva in Poems (new ed.) II. 113 He laugh'd, and swore by Peter and by Paul. 1876 Ld. Tennyson Harold v. i. 128 The strange Saints By whom thou swarest. 2. To swear to or be sure of the existence of (cf. to swear to —— 2 at Phrasal verbs 1): in enough to swear by, expressing a very slight amount. colloquial or slang. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > a small quantity or amount > a very small amount shredc1000 farthingsworthc1325 pennyworthc1330 incha1350 sliverc1374 chipa1393 gnastc1440 Jack1530 spoonful1531 crumba1535 spark1548 slight1549 pin's worth1562 scruple1574 thought1581 pinch1583 scrap1583 splinter1609 ticket1634 notchet1637 indivisible1644 tinyc1650 twopence1691 turn of the scale(s)1706 enough to swear by1756 touch1786 scrimptiona1825 infinitesimal1840 smidgen1841 snuff1842 fluxion1846 smitchel1856 eyelash1860 smidge1866 tenpenceworth1896 whisker1913 tidge1986 1756 C. Lucas Ess. Waters iii. 138 They prescribe them..in some quantity, though it be but enough to swear by. 1884 ‘H. Collingwood’ Under Meteor Flag 40 The two ships touched with a shock which was barely perceptible, just enough in fact to ‘swear by,’ as the gunner remarked. 3. To accept as an infallible authority; to have absolute confidence in. colloquial. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > belief, trust, confidence > act of convincing, conviction > convince, be convincing [verb (intransitive)] > be convinced > without any doubts possess1563 to swear by ——a1817 a1817 J. Austen Persuasion (1818) III. vi. 103 I have no very good opinion of Mrs. Charles's nursery-maid... Mrs. Charles quite swears by her. View more context for this quotation 1864 E. Yates Broken to Harness I. x. 173 He is always..changing his medical system: now vaunting the virtues of blue-pill, now swearing by homœopathy. 1890 G. A. Henty With Lee in Virginia 91 We have a first-rate fellow in command of the cavalry..His fellows swear by him. extracted from swearv. < as lemmas
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