英语词汇“bring to the ground”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

b. figurative in †to bring to the ground: to cast down, overthrow, overcome, subdue; to come (also go) to the ground: to be overcome; to perish; so to be dashed to the ground (of hopes); down to the ground: completely, thoroughly, in every respect (colloquial); from the ground up (colloquial, originally U.S.), completely, entirely; ‘down to the ground’; to get off the ground, to make a successful start; on the ground, in situ, on the spot. See also to fall to the ground at fall v. Phrases 1d.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > defeat or overthrow > be defeated or overthrown [verb (intransitive)]

fallOE

to come (also go) to the groundc1175

confusec1330

to go away (also flee) with the worsea1413

to go to (also unto) the worse1485

to go to the wall (or walls)1549

foil1591

to go to the posta1624

to have had one's chips1959

the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > have or gain mastery or superiority over [verb (transitive)] > overcome or overwhelm > completely or overthrow

shrenchc897

allayOE

fellOE

quellOE

to bring to the groundc1175

forlesec1200

to lay downa1225

acastc1225

accumberc1275

cumber1303

confoundc1330

overthrowc1375

cumrayc1425

overquell?c1450

overwhelvec1450

to nip in (also by, on) the head (also neck, pate)?a1500

prostrate1531

quash1556

couch1577

unhorse1577

prosternate1593

overbeata1616

unchariot1715

floor1828

quench1841

to knock over1853

fling1889

to throw down1890

steamroller1912

wipe1972

zonk1973

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > despair, hopelessness > desperate state or condition > be beyond hope [verb (intransitive)] > of hopes: fail

to be dashed to the ground1849

the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > completely [phrase] > thoroughly > from beginning to end or through and through

to the boneOE

through and throughc1225

out and outc1300

from top to tail1303

out and inc1390

(from) head to heel (also heels)c1400

(from) head to foot (also feet)c1425

from top to (into, unto) toec1425

to the skin1526

to one's (also the) finger (also fingers') ends1530

from first to last1536

up and down1542

whole out1562

to the pith1587

to the back1594

from A to (also until) Z1612

from clew to earing1627

from top to bottom1666

back and edge1673

all hollow1762

(all) to pieces1788

from A to Za1821

to one's (also the) fingertips1825

to one's fingernails1851

from tip to toe1853

down to the ground1859

to the backbone1864

right the way1867

pur sang1893

from the ground up1895

in and out1895

from soda (card) to hock1902

the world > space > place > presence > present [phrase]

in (also into, intil, to) present?c1225

in (the) presencea1393

in placea1400

upon the place1600

in evidence1612

to the fore1637

on (also upon) hand (also hands)1835

sur place1915

on-site1946

on the ground1960

the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > beginning > begin [verb (intransitive)] > well

to get (also be) off the (also one's) mark1914

to get off the ground1961

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 11773 Þatt illke wise. þatt adam. I paradys wass fandedd. & brohht to grund.

1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 1292 Þis lond was ibroȝt þoru treson verst to grounde.

1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 7495 Þus lo þe englisse folc vor noȝt to grounde com.

c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 9888 Arthur..preyed hym of help a stounde, Or elles he scholde go to grounde.

c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 9342 Hit greuys me full gretly, & to ground brynges.

1579 W. Fulke Heskins Parl. Repealed in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 411 It must needes fall to the ground.

1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xiv. 252 Let such vanities passe, and come to the ground.

1640 C. Harvey Church-gate iii He holds us up, whilst in him we are found: If once we fall from him, we go to ground.

1762 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting II. ii. 62 It fell to the ground with the rest of the King's plans and attempts.

1849 E. E. Napier Excursions Southern Afr. II. 5 These poor fellows' hopes were suddenly dashed to the ground.

1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits v. 82 The strong survived, the weaker went to the ground.

1859 County Courts Chron. 1 Nov. 148/3 Barring the blind eye and the broken knees, I'll warrant the horse to suit you down to the ground.

1867 R. Broughton Cometh up as Flower II. vii. 104 Suited me down to the ground.

1879 M. E. Braddon Cloven Foot xlv Some sea-coast city in South America would suit me down to the ground.

1889 T. A. Trollope What I Remember III. 289 The occupation..suited my tastes and habits ‘down to the ground’, as the modern slang phrase has it.

1894 G. Du Maurier Trilby (1895) 421 He looks as if he could be trusted down to the ground.

1895 Congress. Rec. 6 Feb. App. 207/1 There never has been a time that a democratic administration has not been American from the ground up.

1910 W. M. Raine Bucky O'Connor 52 We suited each other from the ground up.

1960 Guardian 25 Nov. 15/1 On-the-ground investigations.

1961 New Statesman 28 July 129/3 Intended as a half-way point of the Festival, at which audience and platform might fruitfully interact, it never got off the ground.

1963 Listener 10 Jan. 59/2 There is no longer any good reason why the young..American writer should undergo a European apprenticeship unless it be to satisfy his curiosity or to watch the operations of another literature on the ground.

1969 Listener 3 Apr. 469/1 It soon became evident..that the history of contemporary music required reconsidering from the ground up.

1969 Guardian 4 July 5/5 If thefts continue, the future plans for the Crewe to Glasgow [railway] line can never really get off the ground.

c. Regarded as the place of burial. above ground: unburied, alive. to bring (also come) to the ground (now only dialect): to bury, be buried.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > [noun] > earth or ground as place of burial

eartheOE

groundc1400

c1400 Siege Troy 1334 in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen 72 44 So doughty a body..That soo lowe is leyd in þe ground.

?c1430 St. Greg. Trental in Tundale's Vis. (1843) 79 Sone to the gronde the con hor bere bryng And beryd hor.

1570 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 157 To see me honestly brought to the grownde.

1611 Bible (King James) Gen. iii. 19.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) iv. i. 52 While I remaine aboue the ground, you shall Heare from me still.

1694 L. Echard tr. Plautus Rudens iv. vii, in tr. Plautus Comedies 208 I'll find out my Master, if he be above Ground, and bring him t'ye.

1858 N. Hawthorne Fr. & Ital. Jrnls. (1872) I. 19 Rachel, who died last week, and is still above ground.

1877 L. J. Jennings Field Paths 28 Poor thing! it was only fourteen months afore she came to the ground.

单词	bring to the ground
释义	> as lemmas to bring to the ground b. figurative in †to bring to the ground: to cast down, overthrow, overcome, subdue; to come (also go) to the ground: to be overcome; to perish; so to be dashed to the ground (of hopes); down to the ground: completely, thoroughly, in every respect (colloquial); from the ground up (colloquial, originally U.S.), completely, entirely; ‘down to the ground’; to get off the ground, to make a successful start; on the ground, in situ, on the spot. See also to fall to the ground at fall v. Phrases 1d. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > defeat or overthrow > be defeated or overthrown [verb (intransitive)] fallOE to come (also go) to the groundc1175 confusec1330 to go away (also flee) with the worsea1413 to go to (also unto) the worse1485 to go to the wall (or walls)1549 foil1591 to go to the posta1624 to have had one's chips1959 the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > have or gain mastery or superiority over [verb (transitive)] > overcome or overwhelm > completely or overthrow shrenchc897 allayOE fellOE quellOE to bring to the groundc1175 forlesec1200 to lay downa1225 acastc1225 accumberc1275 cumber1303 confoundc1330 overthrowc1375 cumrayc1425 overquell?c1450 overwhelvec1450 to nip in (also by, on) the head (also neck, pate)?a1500 prostrate1531 quash1556 couch1577 unhorse1577 prosternate1593 overbeata1616 unchariot1715 floor1828 quench1841 to knock over1853 fling1889 to throw down1890 steamroller1912 wipe1972 zonk1973 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > despair, hopelessness > desperate state or condition > be beyond hope [verb (intransitive)] > of hopes: fail to be dashed to the ground1849 the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > completely [phrase] > thoroughly > from beginning to end or through and through to the boneOE through and throughc1225 out and outc1300 from top to tail1303 out and inc1390 (from) head to heel (also heels)c1400 (from) head to foot (also feet)c1425 from top to (into, unto) toec1425 to the skin1526 to one's (also the) finger (also fingers') ends1530 from first to last1536 up and down1542 whole out1562 to the pith1587 to the back1594 from A to (also until) Z1612 from clew to earing1627 from top to bottom1666 back and edge1673 all hollow1762 (all) to pieces1788 from A to Za1821 to one's (also the) fingertips1825 to one's fingernails1851 from tip to toe1853 down to the ground1859 to the backbone1864 right the way1867 pur sang1893 from the ground up1895 in and out1895 from soda (card) to hock1902 the world > space > place > presence > present [phrase] in (also into, intil, to) present?c1225 in (the) presencea1393 in placea1400 upon the place1600 in evidence1612 to the fore1637 on (also upon) hand (also hands)1835 sur place1915 on-site1946 on the ground1960 the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > beginning > begin [verb (intransitive)] > well to get (also be) off the (also one's) mark1914 to get off the ground1961 c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 11773 Þatt illke wise. þatt adam. I paradys wass fandedd. & brohht to grund. 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 1292 Þis lond was ibroȝt þoru treson verst to grounde. 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 7495 Þus lo þe englisse folc vor noȝt to grounde com. c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 9888 Arthur..preyed hym of help a stounde, Or elles he scholde go to grounde. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 9342 Hit greuys me full gretly, & to ground brynges. 1579 W. Fulke Heskins Parl. Repealed in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 411 It must needes fall to the ground. 1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xiv. 252 Let such vanities passe, and come to the ground. 1640 C. Harvey Church-gate iii He holds us up, whilst in him we are found: If once we fall from him, we go to ground. 1762 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting II. ii. 62 It fell to the ground with the rest of the King's plans and attempts. 1849 E. E. Napier Excursions Southern Afr. II. 5 These poor fellows' hopes were suddenly dashed to the ground. 1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits v. 82 The strong survived, the weaker went to the ground. 1859 County Courts Chron. 1 Nov. 148/3 Barring the blind eye and the broken knees, I'll warrant the horse to suit you down to the ground. 1867 R. Broughton Cometh up as Flower II. vii. 104 Suited me down to the ground. 1879 M. E. Braddon Cloven Foot xlv Some sea-coast city in South America would suit me down to the ground. 1889 T. A. Trollope What I Remember III. 289 The occupation..suited my tastes and habits ‘down to the ground’, as the modern slang phrase has it. 1894 G. Du Maurier Trilby (1895) 421 He looks as if he could be trusted down to the ground. 1895 Congress. Rec. 6 Feb. App. 207/1 There never has been a time that a democratic administration has not been American from the ground up. 1910 W. M. Raine Bucky O'Connor 52 We suited each other from the ground up. 1960 Guardian 25 Nov. 15/1 On-the-ground investigations. 1961 New Statesman 28 July 129/3 Intended as a half-way point of the Festival, at which audience and platform might fruitfully interact, it never got off the ground. 1963 Listener 10 Jan. 59/2 There is no longer any good reason why the young..American writer should undergo a European apprenticeship unless it be to satisfy his curiosity or to watch the operations of another literature on the ground. 1969 Listener 3 Apr. 469/1 It soon became evident..that the history of contemporary music required reconsidering from the ground up. 1969 Guardian 4 July 5/5 If thefts continue, the future plans for the Crewe to Glasgow [railway] line can never really get off the ground. extracted from groundn. to bring (also come) to the ground c. Regarded as the place of burial. above ground: unburied, alive. to bring (also come) to the ground (now only dialect): to bury, be buried. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > [noun] > earth or ground as place of burial eartheOE groundc1400 c1400 Siege Troy 1334 in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen 72 44 So doughty a body..That soo lowe is leyd in þe ground. ?c1430 St. Greg. Trental in Tundale's Vis. (1843) 79 Sone to the gronde the con hor bere bryng And beryd hor. 1570 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 157 To see me honestly brought to the grownde. 1611 Bible (King James) Gen. iii. 19. a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) iv. i. 52 While I remaine aboue the ground, you shall Heare from me still. View more context for this quotation 1694 L. Echard tr. Plautus Rudens iv. vii, in tr. Plautus Comedies 208 I'll find out my Master, if he be above Ground, and bring him t'ye. 1858 N. Hawthorne Fr. & Ital. Jrnls. (1872) I. 19 Rachel, who died last week, and is still above ground. 1877 L. J. Jennings Field Paths 28 Poor thing! it was only fourteen months afore she came to the ground. extracted from groundn. < as lemmas
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