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

(i) to cast (in) a bone and variants: to do something to provoke a quarrel or disagreement; to stir up trouble between two or more people. rare after early 18th cent.In quot. 1498 as part of an extended metaphor.

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society > society and the community > dissent > become at variance with [verb (transitive)] > cause (dissension) > set (people) at variance

to-bear971

to cast (in) a bone1498

to set (or fall) at variancec1522

to set by the ears?1566

distract1597

to set outa1610

jarc1615

dissentiate1628

vary1795

1498 Interpr. Names Goddis & Goddesses (de Worde) sig. Cij/1 Wherfore dethe thought he wolde auenged be..And at banket made of soo lyte Whiche caused hym among them to cast in a bone þ^t founde them gnawyng ynough euerychone.

1528 W. Tyndale Obed. Christen Man f. lxxv And if moch landes by any chaunce fall to one man ever to cast a bone in the waye, that he shall never be able to obteyne it, as we now se in the Emperoure.

1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. ii. sig. G The diuell hath caste a bone..to set strife Betwene you.

1660 Exact Accompt Trial Regicides 79 But you cast in Bones here to make some difference.

1702 R. L'Estrange tr. Josephus Jewish Antiq. xvi. xi, in Wks. 457 By this Means she..cast-in a Bone betwixt the Wife and the Husband.

1996 Li Xiaobing et al. tr. in Bull. Cold War Internat. Hist. Project Nos. 6–7. 223 Jiang Jieshi will likely hold a press conference..accusing us of attempting to cast a bone between him and America.

69. to cast a clod between (Scottish); to widen the breach between. †to cast galmoundis (Sc.): to cut capers. to cast a (point of) traverse: (see quots.). †to cast stones against the wind: to labour in vain. Also to cast ambs-ace, to cast anchor, to cast a bone, to cast cantraips, to cast cavel, to cast a damp, to cast damper, to cast an essoin (excuse), to cast lots, to cast a spell; for which see those words.

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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > be of no avail [verb (intransitive)] > expend effort in vain

to lose or spill one's whilec1175

to speak to the windc1330

tinec1330

to beat the windc1375

lose?a1513

to boil, roast, or wash a stonea1529

to lose (one's) oil1548

to plough the sand (also sands)a1565

to wash an ass's head (or ears)1581

to wash an Ethiop, a blackamoor (white)1581

to wash a wall of loam, a brick or tilea1600

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

to bark against (or at) the moona1641

dead horse1640

to cast stones against the wind1657

dry-ditcha1670

baffle1860

to go, run or rush (a)round in circles1933

1529 D. Lindsay Compl. King 181 Castand galmoundis with bendis and beckis.

1657 R. Ligon True Hist. Barbados 43 I grew wearie of casting stones against the wind.

1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Cast a Point of Traverse, in Navigation, signifies, to prick down on a chart the Point of a Compass any Land bears from you, or to find on what Point the Ship bears at any instant, or what way the Ship has made.

1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess 105 (Jam.) Betweesh them sae by casting of a clod.

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. To cast a traverse, to calculate and lay off the courses and distances run over upon a chart.

单词	cast a bone
释义	> as lemmas to cast (in) a bone (i) to cast (in) a bone and variants: to do something to provoke a quarrel or disagreement; to stir up trouble between two or more people. rare after early 18th cent.In quot. 1498 as part of an extended metaphor. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > become at variance with [verb (transitive)] > cause (dissension) > set (people) at variance to-bear971 to cast (in) a bone1498 to set (or fall) at variancec1522 to set by the ears?1566 distract1597 to set outa1610 jarc1615 dissentiate1628 vary1795 1498 Interpr. Names Goddis & Goddesses (de Worde) sig. Cij/1 Wherfore dethe thought he wolde auenged be..And at banket made of soo lyte Whiche caused hym among them to cast in a bone þ^t founde them gnawyng ynough euerychone. 1528 W. Tyndale Obed. Christen Man f. lxxv And if moch landes by any chaunce fall to one man ever to cast a bone in the waye, that he shall never be able to obteyne it, as we now se in the Emperoure. 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. ii. sig. G The diuell hath caste a bone..to set strife Betwene you. 1660 Exact Accompt Trial Regicides 79 But you cast in Bones here to make some difference. 1702 R. L'Estrange tr. Josephus Jewish Antiq. xvi. xi, in Wks. 457 By this Means she..cast-in a Bone betwixt the Wife and the Husband. 1996 Li Xiaobing et al. tr. in Bull. Cold War Internat. Hist. Project Nos. 6–7. 223 Jiang Jieshi will likely hold a press conference..accusing us of attempting to cast a bone between him and America. extracted from bonen.¹ to cast a bone 69. to cast a clod between (Scottish); to widen the breach between. †to cast galmoundis (Sc.): to cut capers. to cast a (point of) traverse: (see quots.). †to cast stones against the wind: to labour in vain. Also to cast ambs-ace, to cast anchor, to cast a bone, to cast cantraips, to cast cavel, to cast a damp, to cast damper, to cast an essoin (excuse), to cast lots, to cast a spell; for which see those words. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > be of no avail [verb (intransitive)] > expend effort in vain to lose or spill one's whilec1175 to speak to the windc1330 tinec1330 to beat the windc1375 lose?a1513 to boil, roast, or wash a stonea1529 to lose (one's) oil1548 to plough the sand (also sands)a1565 to wash an ass's head (or ears)1581 to wash an Ethiop, a blackamoor (white)1581 to wash a wall of loam, a brick or tilea1600 to milk the bull (also he-goat, ram)1616 to bark against (or at) the moona1641 dead horse1640 to cast stones against the wind1657 dry-ditcha1670 baffle1860 to go, run or rush (a)round in circles1933 1529 D. Lindsay Compl. King 181 Castand galmoundis with bendis and beckis. 1657 R. Ligon True Hist. Barbados 43 I grew wearie of casting stones against the wind. 1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Cast a Point of Traverse, in Navigation, signifies, to prick down on a chart the Point of a Compass any Land bears from you, or to find on what Point the Ship bears at any instant, or what way the Ship has made. 1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess 105 (Jam.) Betweesh them sae by casting of a clod. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. To cast a traverse, to calculate and lay off the courses and distances run over upon a chart. extracted from castv. < as lemmas
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