单词 | to wreak havoc |
释义 | > as lemmasto wreak havoc b. To cause or effect (harm, damage, etc.), esp. in to wreak havoc. (For wrought havoc see work v. Phrases 8.) ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > cause or effect (harm) [verb (transitive)] visita1382 watcha1586 wreak1817 to play hob1838 to raise hob1911 the world > action or operation > adversity > calamity or misfortune > have befallen as a misfortune to [verb (transitive)] > bring disaster upon doa1375 pluckc1475 ruin1558 tragedize1593 disaster1596 planet-strike1600 to bring to grief1850 to do in1905 to wreak havoc1926 1817 P. B. Shelley Laon & Cythna ii. xxxix. 51 With thee..will I seek Through their array of banded slaves to wreak Ruin upon the tyrants. 1819 P. B. Shelley Rosalind & Helen 37 That poor and hungry men should break The laws which wreak them toil and scorn, We understand. 1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iii. ii. 17 [In] the fog..the unpopular steamer..always was..wreaking destruction upon somebody or something. 1880 Daily News 22 Sept. Landslips..are looked for and wreak but little harm. 1926 A. Christie Murder of Roger Ackroyd xx. 239 Annie is not allowed to wreak havoc with a dustpan and brush. 1976 B. Fell America B.C. viii. 101 The storm waves could surely wreak more havoc upon the timbered hulls of Phoenician galleys than on the steel plates of modern ships. 1978 C. Rayner Long Acre vii. 70 Fenton, well aware of the havoc he was wreaking in poor Miss Emma's heart, wickedly fed her passion for him. 1983 Times 21 Nov. 7/7 Moko, the banana disease, has already wreaked havoc on the trade. 1984 Daily Tel. 5 Nov. 20/2 The feared shake-out in microcomputer manufacturing..will wreak havoc in the industry. < as lemmas |
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