A person or thing likened to a weed (sense 1a(a)) in being considered noxious, troublesome, or useless.
| 单词 | θ90802 |
| 释义 | the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > [noun] > a harmful thing or person > like a weed (8) weedeOE A person or thing likened to a weed (sense 1a(a)) in being considered noxious, troublesome, or useless. popplea1425 figurative. In echoes of Matthew 13:25, 26: tares (tare, n.1 3b). Obsolete. darnel1444 figurative. Cf. cockle, n.1, tare, n.1 zizania1526 A weed that grows among wheat; tares, darnel; = zizany, n. 1. Also figurative: a pernicious influence or unwanted element; cf. tare, n.1 3. Obsolete. thistle1563 figurative or in figurative context, with reference to the thistle as a noxious or prickly weed. zizany1581 A weed that grows among wheat; tares, darnel; = zizania, n. 1. Also figurative: a pernicious influence or unwanted element; cf. tare, n.1 3. fungus1659 figurative. A person or thing likened to a fungus, esp. in being unpleasant, excrescent, or ephemeral. tare1686 Hence in allusive and figurative uses. |
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