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

†c. to wash a Negro (white): to attempt an impossible task. Cf. to wash an Ethiop white at wash v. 3d. Obsolete.

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the world > action or operation > endeavour > make an attempt or endeavour [verb (intransitive)] > attempt the impossible

to hunt for or catch a hare with a tabor1399

gnaw a file1484

to take hares with foxes1577

to seek a hare in a hen's nest1599

to wash a Negro (white)1611

to milk the bull (also he-goat, ram)1616

to lick a file1647

to set the tortoise to catch the hare1803

to look for a needle in a haystack1855

to bite file1880

1611 T. Middleton & T. Dekker Roaring Girle sig. C2 I wash a Negro, Loosing both paines and cost.

a1677 I. Barrow Of Contentm. (1685) 250 Therefore was he put to water dry sticks, and to wash Negroes; that is,..to reform a most perverse and stubborn generation.

1754 S. Bowden Poems Var. Subj. 125 Fruitless the toil, to wash the negro white, To polish boors, or make a blockhead bright.

1858 U.S. Democratic Rev. Feb. 162 No one knew better than that brave old Commodore, that to make good sailors out of bad boys, was much like an attempt to wash a negro white.

1875 Harper's Mag. Apr. 775/2 Forbear! 'tis useless trying To wash a negro white; You can not bring the sunrise By shouting for the light.

单词	to wash a negro
释义	> as lemmas to wash a Negro (white) †c. to wash a Negro (white): to attempt an impossible task. Cf. to wash an Ethiop white at wash v. 3d. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > make an attempt or endeavour [verb (intransitive)] > attempt the impossible to hunt for or catch a hare with a tabor1399 gnaw a file1484 to take hares with foxes1577 to seek a hare in a hen's nest1599 to wash a Negro (white)1611 to milk the bull (also he-goat, ram)1616 to lick a file1647 to set the tortoise to catch the hare1803 to look for a needle in a haystack1855 to bite file1880 1611 T. Middleton & T. Dekker Roaring Girle sig. C2 I wash a Negro, Loosing both paines and cost. a1677 I. Barrow Of Contentm. (1685) 250 Therefore was he put to water dry sticks, and to wash Negroes; that is,..to reform a most perverse and stubborn generation. 1754 S. Bowden Poems Var. Subj. 125 Fruitless the toil, to wash the negro white, To polish boors, or make a blockhead bright. 1858 U.S. Democratic Rev. Feb. 162 No one knew better than that brave old Commodore, that to make good sailors out of bad boys, was much like an attempt to wash a negro white. 1875 Harper's Mag. Apr. 775/2 Forbear! 'tis useless trying To wash a negro white; You can not bring the sunrise By shouting for the light. extracted from Negron.adj. < as lemmas
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