| 单词 | to wear on or to the thread |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto wear on or to the thread b. with intensifying adverb or adverbial phrase, as away, down, off, out, †to wear on or to the thread. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > deteriorate in condition [verb (intransitive)] > waste away wastec1400 wear1414 consume1526 worna1538 absume1590 smartle1673 the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > deteriorate in condition [verb (intransitive)] > waste away > wear wear1402 wear1414 erode1969 1414 T. Brampton Paraphr. Seven Penit. Psalms (1842) 38 Alle erthely thynges schul were owte; Castellys and towrys schul bende and breste. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 780/1 I weare awaye, as a scrypture, or thyng made for remembraunce weareth awaye with the weather or with the tyme, je me oblitere. 1566 A. Edwards Let. 8 Aug. in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (1589) ii. 380 When it [sc. cloth] commeth to weare on the threede, it renteth like paper. 1601 Official Papers Sir N. Bacon (1915) 117 Jettyes and pyles..to defend theis mershes and bankes from wearing awaye by the rage of the sea. 1643 J. Caryl Expos. Job (1676) I. 104 Our flesh wears off quickly in the grave. 1688 G. Miege Great French Dict. ii. sig. Gggg3/2 My Suit begins to wear out. 1793 Earl of Dundonald Descr. Estate Culross 22 Many of the old established Collieries in the Firth are wearing fast out. 1837Wear off [see sense 13c]. 1860 W. W. Reade Liberty Hall, Oxon. II. 38 The gilt beginning to wear off. 1882 R. L. Stevenson New Arabian Nights I. 23 The furniture was scanty, and the coverings worn to the thread. 1886 Manch. Examiner 22 Feb. 6/1 When their carts wear out they need the services of the wheelwright. 1886 W. Besant Children of Gibeon III. ii. xxiii. 60 Her scanty wardrobe would wear out. < as lemmas |
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