| 单词 | wreaking |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈwreaking ˈwreaking n. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > retributive punishment > [noun] > infliction of hevening1303 wreakingc1374 vengeance-takingc1386 vindication1484 revenging1485 avengementa1513 avenging1541 the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > revenge > [noun] > action of taking revenge wreakingc1374 vengeance-takingc1386 vindication1484 revenging1485 avenging1541 c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (1868) iv. met. vii. 147 Agamenon..purged in wrekyng by þe destruccioun of troie þe loste chambres of mariage of hys broþer. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Coll. Phys.) l. 19336 Queþir gie wil driue on us þe blame Of ani wreking of [Fairf. on] þis name. c1440 York Myst. xxix. 323 Thy wordis and werkis will haue a wrekyng. a1638 J. Mede Wks. (1672) 298 When our hearts..tell us it is but the wreaking of our Malice. 1692 R. L'Estrange Fables xxxviii. 41 The Wreaking of a Malice, and..the gratifying of a Revenge. < as lemmas |
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