英语词汇“about a person's ears”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. about a person's ears: (with reference to a shower of blows or missiles, a burning or falling building, etc.) down upon or around a person; also figurative.

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1575 T. Churchyard 1st Pt. Chippes f. G.vii For wheles and all, faules downe about their eares From rotten frames.

a1599 R. Rollock Lect. Epist. Paul (1603) 74 Oh but the iudgement comes with such a rattle about the eares of the lowne, that hee cannot get once space to say, God is mercifull!

1654 T. Warren Vnbeleevers 24 All Sodome was..flaming about the ears of the Inhabitants.

1702 G. Farquhar Inconstant ii. 22 I'll rattle down your China about your ears.

1762 J. Mitchell Female Pilgrim 234 He must be repeating his grievances amongst some of the domesticks; which occasioned him trouble enough, and pulled an old house about his ears.

1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto XIV x. 120 I have brought this world about my ears, and eke The other; that's to say, the Clergy.

1883 Harper's Mag. June 135/2 He..an hour or so ago had seemed so full of repressed strength that he could have pulled his house down about his ears.

1930 ‘H. Z. Smith’ Not so Quiet (1988) x. 202 My world is toppling about my ears.

1982 F. McGuinness Factory Girls iii, in Plays: 1 (1996) 37 You are pulling this place down about your ears and about our ears because you know fuck all about what you're working with, let alone who you're working with.

2001 E. Colfer Artemis Fowl v. 80 He'd built the system from scratch and if anyone else even tried to boot it up, a hidden virus would bring it crashing about their pointy ears.

单词	about a person's ears
释义	> as lemmas about a person's ears a. about a person's ears: (with reference to a shower of blows or missiles, a burning or falling building, etc.) down upon or around a person; also figurative. ΚΠ 1575 T. Churchyard 1st Pt. Chippes f. G.vii For wheles and all, faules downe about their eares From rotten frames. a1599 R. Rollock Lect. Epist. Paul (1603) 74 Oh but the iudgement comes with such a rattle about the eares of the lowne, that hee cannot get once space to say, God is mercifull! 1654 T. Warren Vnbeleevers 24 All Sodome was..flaming about the ears of the Inhabitants. 1702 G. Farquhar Inconstant ii. 22 I'll rattle down your China about your ears. 1762 J. Mitchell Female Pilgrim 234 He must be repeating his grievances amongst some of the domesticks; which occasioned him trouble enough, and pulled an old house about his ears. 1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto XIV x. 120 I have brought this world about my ears, and eke The other; that's to say, the Clergy. 1883 Harper's Mag. June 135/2 He..an hour or so ago had seemed so full of repressed strength that he could have pulled his house down about his ears. 1930 ‘H. Z. Smith’ Not so Quiet (1988) x. 202 My world is toppling about my ears. 1982 F. McGuinness Factory Girls iii, in Plays: 1 (1996) 37 You are pulling this place down about your ears and about our ears because you know fuck all about what you're working with, let alone who you're working with. 2001 E. Colfer Artemis Fowl v. 80 He'd built the system from scratch and if anyone else even tried to boot it up, a hidden virus would bring it crashing about their pointy ears. extracted from earn.¹ < as lemmas
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