| 单词 | to treat with or to |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto treat (a person, etc.) †with or to b. to treat (a person, etc.) †with or to: To entertain with (food or drink, or any enjoyment or gratification); also figurative (sometimes ironically). ΚΠ 1568 in J. Small Poems W. Dunbar (1893) II. 308 Sa mony ar thair ladeis treitis With triumphand amowres balleitis, And dois thair bewteis pryiss so he. 1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors 168 Some of the Caravan had been so treated with Aquavitæ, that being all dead asleep [etc.]. 1711 E. Budgell Spectator No. 161. ⁋3 The Squire..treats the whole Company..with a Hogshead of Ale. 1712 J. Arbuthnot John Bull Still in Senses viii. 35 I treated the Lawyers, their Wives and Daughters, with Fiddles, Hautboys, Drums and Trumpets. 1735 S. Johnson tr. J. Lobo Voy. Abyssinia 134 He treated us with the most opprobrious Language. 1852 W. M. Thackeray Henry Esmond III. iii. 76 I treated her to the fiddles twice. 1897 ‘Tivoli’ Short Innings xiv Dick had treated himself to two ices and a strawberry squash. < as lemmas |
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