释义 |
ˈqueasom, v. Obs. exc. dial. Also 6 quesomen, queazen, 9 dial. quessom, quezzen. [Of obscure origin.] a. trans. To choke, stifle. b. intr. To be choked or smothered.
1561J. Daus tr. Bullinger on Apoc. (1573) 99 Without breathing and cooling, men must needes wither and be quesomened and choked vp. 1599Nashe Lenten Stuffe 57 The spirable odor and pestilent steame..would haue queazened him. 1616Hayward Sanct. Troub. Soul i. iii. (1620) 46 Behold (O Lord) how my conscience lyeth queasomed vnder the multitude of my offences. a1825Forby Voc. E. Anglia, Quezzen, (1) To suffocate with noxious vapour. (2) To smother away without flame. If the fuel be damp, the fire quezzens out. |