| 单词 | to wear to death |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto wear to death b. with adverb, as away, out, down, †up. Also with adverbial phrase, as to wear to death. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > weary or exhaust [verb (transitive)] wearyc897 tirea1000 travailc1300 forwearya1325 taryc1375 tarc1440 matec1450 break1483 labour1496 overwearya1500 wear?1507 to wear out, forth1525 fatigate1535 stress1540 overtire1558 forwaste1563 to tire out1563 overwear1578 spend1582 out-tire1596 outwear1596 outweary1596 overspend1596 to toil out1596 attediate1603 bejade1620 lassate1623 harassa1626 overtask1628 tax1672 hag1674 trash1685 hatter1687 overtax1692 fatigue1693 to knock up1740 tire to death1740 overfatigue1741 fag1774 outdo1776 to do over1789 to use up1790 jade1798 overdo1817 frazzlea1825 worry1828 to sew up1837 to wear to death1840 to take it (also a lot, too much, etc.) out of (a person)1847 gruel1850 to stump up1853 exhaust1860 finish1864 peter1869 knacker1886 grind1887 tew1893 crease1925 poop1931 raddle1951 c1524 in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. I. 193 Ells they [the Irish] shall never be woren out, but increas more and more. 1577 E. Woolton Castell of Christians sig. Fijv Peruerse affections, which doo euen weare awaye, and consume vs. 1607 J. Norden Surueyors Dialogue v. 241 A weed that groweth commonly upon grounds ouertilled, and worne out of heart. a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) i. ii. 101 You that haue worne your eyes almost out in the seruice, you will bee considered. View more context for this quotation 1672 W. Walker Paroemiologia Anglo-Lat. 56 They win by wearing their enemies out. 1691 T. P. Blount Ess. 165 In most of these Places the old Inhabitants, or their Breed, are quite wore away. 1701 J. Collier tr. M. Aurelius Medit. (1726) 8 That she may not live too fast, wear up her constitution, and destroy the capacities of enjoyment. 1729 W. Law Serious Call xi. 169 She tells you that her patience is quite wore out. 1735 S. Johnson tr. J. Lobo Voy. Abyssinia 42 The concern they shew'd at seeing us worn away with Hunger, Labour, and Weariness. 1783 S. Johnson Let. 23 July (1994) IV. 175 Do not let your mind wear out your body. 1803 T. Beddoes Hygëia III. ix. 105 At the close of the season in London women appear worn down, haggard and spent. 1840 T. Arnold Hist. Rome II. 344 With these missiles [they] endeavoured to wear down the mass of their enemies. 1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop ii. lxiv. 161 This poor little Marchioness has been wearing herself to death! 1847 W. E. Forster in T. W. Reid Life W. E. Forster (1888) I. vi. 190 Found my father..pretty well, but worn up and worn down. 1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xiv. 127 And still you go hanging on to my sister, who'll fling you off like an old shoe, when she's wore you out. 1872 G. W. Dasent Three to One x He always looks well when he doesn't wear himself down dancing all night. 1881 B. Jowett tr. Thucydides Hist. Peloponnesian War I. 230 They carried on uninterrupted war against the new settlers until they completely wore them out. 1886 ‘S. Tytler’ Buried Diamonds xviii To-night, when one is worn off one's feet already, with this miserable ball. 1904 M. Hewlett Queen's Quair iii. xi. 500 She wore herself to thread, padding up and down the room. 1912 World 7 May 700/1 As the soil..becomes worn out the farmers have to buy more artificial manure. < as lemmas |
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