| 单词 | etc to death |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto beat (also stone, †slay, etc.) to death (a) Modifying verbs, esp. verbs expressing violent or persistent action, and sometimes emphasizing verbs already meaning ‘to kill’, as to beat (also stone, †slay, etc.) to death. Also as complement to corresponding agent nouns, as hounder to death, etc. Cf. sense Phrases 2a(a). ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > killing by specific method > kill [verb (transitive)] > by blow(s) to beat (also stone, slay, etc.) to deathOE to swap to (the) death, of livea1375 to ding to deathc1380 to knock on (in) the head (also rarely at head)?1562 settle?1611 to bowl (one) to deatha1616 tomahawk1711 stocking1762 out1899 to knock out1903 OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 2nd Ser. (Cambr. Gg.3.28) xiii. 135 Þa sende he betwux him fyrene næddran þa totæron ðæs folces fela manna and to deaðe geættrodon. c1225 (?c1200) St. Juliana (Royal) 464 He sloh him wið a stan to deaðe. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 12851 And..a-quellen hine to deðen. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Micah vii. 2 A man hunteth his brother to deth. ?c1430 (c1400) J. Wyclif Eng. Wks. (1880) 138 Bi strong pursuynge to deþ of alle trewe men. c1475 in R. H. Robbins Hist. Poems 14th & 15th Cent. (1959) 223 (MED) He toke this rightwys kyng..And hym in prison put perpetuelly, Pyned to deth, alas, ful pyteuxly. c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy (2002) f. 146 The Troiens..Dong hom to dethe. 1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets xcix. sig. Gv A vengfull canker eate him vp to death . View more context for this quotation 1660 H. More Explan. Grand Myst. Godliness iii. xiii. 85 The more Zealous of the people lye in the way to be squeezed to death by the wheels. a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1734) II. 353 Some houses fell and crushed their Masters to death. 1735 tr. C. Rollin Anc. Hist. V. 202 He ordered them all to be shot to death with arrows. a1774 R. Fergusson Poems (1785) 175 My travellers are fley'd to deid Wi' creels wanchancy, heap'd wi' bread, Frae whilk hing down uncanny nicksticks. 1807 J. Milner Martyrs i. §2. 49 He was..beat to death with cudgels. 1890 H. Morley Eng. Writers VI. iv. 98 They should not be proud, greedy, and intolerant, doers to death of those who say that they can sin. 1898 Westm. Gaz. 28 Oct. 4/2 A plague officer,..while on plague duty, has been stoned to death at Hindupur. 1908 R. Johnson Authors Digest II. 265 Every one of the evil hounders to death of the two friends derived great advantages from their villainy. 1959 Washington Post 15 Aug. a3/1 Two hoodlums were gunned to death on Chicago's West Side today. 1997 J. Owen Camden Girls 8 It takes a long time to choke to death. 2007 S. Dunne Reaper (2009) i. 14 There's been a murder, sir. Some old dear, Strangled and beaten to death. to sentence (also judge, †deem, etc.) to death (b) Modifying verbs expressing judicial sentencing or punishment, as to sentence (also judge, †deem, etc.) to death, and corresponding agent nouns. Cf. sense 1d.See also to put to death at Phrases 1d, condemn to death at condemn v. 3. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > sentencing > sentence [verb (transitive)] > sentence to death to sentence (also judge, deem, etc.) to deathOE to escry him, them, etc. to or unto death1477 OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 1st Ser. (Royal) (1997) i. 188 Ða nam þæt iudeisce folc micelne andan ongean his lare, & smeadon hu hi mihton hine to deaðe gedon. OE West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) xx. 18 Hig genyþeriað hyne to deaþe [L. condemnabunt eum morte]. c1225 (?c1200) St. Margaret (Bodl.) (1934) 36 Beatest us & bindest, & to deað fordemest. a1325 (c1280) Southern Passion (Pepys 2344) (1927) l. 2041 (MED) Hi dampnede him to deþe. ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) ii. 127 Þe date..Steuen to dede was dight. a1500 Eng. Conquest Ireland (Rawl.) (1896) 35 Weryn the Citteseynnes to deth demyd. 1560 J. Knox et al. Buke Discipline in J. Knox Wks. (1848) II. 231 For suche..the Civill swearde aught to punische to death. 1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xxxii. 592 The putters of Iesus and of his disciples to death. 1640 D. Lupton Glory of their Times 538 By the hand of envy and tyranny they were judged to death. 1682 J. Flavell Righteous Man's Refuge in Pract. Treat. Fear (new ed.) 179 They were sentenced to death. ?1793 T. Priestley New Hist. Life Jesus Christ xiii. 320 Upon a full hearing, ripe deliberation, and exquisitely-judicial proceeding, we have sentenced this malefactor to death. 1829 P. Allwood Key Rev. St. John II. xii. 551 That Inquisitorial power, which..had been ‘the accuser’, judge, tormentor, and putter-to-death, of so many of the innocent sons and daughters of Britain. 1909 Chatterbox 226/2 I saw..all the noble polity of England arrayed to judge a boy to death for a five-minutes' prank. 2000 Big Issue 17 July 12/3 However, within a year he had been found guilty of murder, in what many felt was a fit-up, and sentenced to death. to frighten (also hate, etc.) to death b. Intensifying verbs or adjectives of feeling: to the last extremity, to the utmost, to the point of physical or nervous exhaustion, beyond endurance, (in weakened sense) extremely, to a high degree, as to frighten (also hate, etc.) to death, sorry (also worried, etc.) to death. Cf. Phrases 2b.See also fed to death at fed adj. 3, sick to death of at sick adj. 5b, to tickle to death at tickle v.1 3, tire to death at tire v.1 7. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > intense emotion > [adverb] > in a deeply affecting manner to deathOE to the deatha1375 to the spleen1568 viscerally1637 heart-piercingly1774 OE tr. Vindicta Salvatoris (Cambr. Univ. Libr.) in J. E. Cross Two Old Eng. Apocrypha (1996) 265 Þa ða cyningas..þæt gehyrdon, hig wæron swyðe gedrefede and to deaðe afærede [L. usque ad mortem]. a1350 in G. L. Brook Harley Lyrics (1968) 56 My peyne pyneþ me to dede. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 13070 (MED) Herodias him hated to ded. 1583 C. Hollyband Campo di Fior 241 Clodius is inamoured to dead of a certaine yong woman. 1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII iv. ii. 1 Grif. How do's your Grace? Kath. O Griffith, sicke to death . View more context for this quotation 1670 G. Havers tr. G. Leti Il Cardinalismo di Santa Chiesa i. ii. 58 The Hereticks abhor me to death. 1672 J. Dryden Conquest Granada ii. iii. iii. 112 I'm sad to death, that I must be your Foe. 1711 in 10th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1885) App. v. 184 He is wurryed to death by those ungrateful nations. 1773 H. Chapone Lett. Improvem. Mind II. 80 A gentleman, who would resent to death, an imputation of falsehood. 1806 R. Bloomfield Wild Flowers 45 Some almost laugh'd themselves to dead. 1830 J. Banim Denounced II. 273 Tell her I am sorry to death, and send my petition to see her. 1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge xxii. 59 My stars, Simmun!.. You frighten me to death! 1889 L. B. Walford Stiff-necked Generation xxix. 342 Keep it dark,..or we shall have the poor girl bothered to death. 1932 A. Christie Peril at End House iii. 40 I have been worried to death. Everybody's been telling me I'm nervy. 1969 S. Harris Puritan Jungle x. 191 They're what we call ‘closet cases’, hiding and scared to death of exposure. 1997 A. Lamott Crooked Little Heart (1998) iii. 264 I'm sorry! I'm fucking sorry to death! Okay? sorry (also worried, etc.) to death b. Intensifying verbs or adjectives of feeling: to the last extremity, to the utmost, to the point of physical or nervous exhaustion, beyond endurance, (in weakened sense) extremely, to a high degree, as to frighten (also hate, etc.) to death, sorry (also worried, etc.) to death. Cf. Phrases 2b.See also fed to death at fed adj. 3, sick to death of at sick adj. 5b, to tickle to death at tickle v.1 3, tire to death at tire v.1 7. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > intense emotion > [adverb] > in a deeply affecting manner to deathOE to the deatha1375 to the spleen1568 viscerally1637 heart-piercingly1774 OE tr. Vindicta Salvatoris (Cambr. Univ. Libr.) in J. E. Cross Two Old Eng. Apocrypha (1996) 265 Þa ða cyningas..þæt gehyrdon, hig wæron swyðe gedrefede and to deaðe afærede [L. usque ad mortem]. a1350 in G. L. Brook Harley Lyrics (1968) 56 My peyne pyneþ me to dede. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 13070 (MED) Herodias him hated to ded. 1583 C. Hollyband Campo di Fior 241 Clodius is inamoured to dead of a certaine yong woman. 1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII iv. ii. 1 Grif. How do's your Grace? Kath. O Griffith, sicke to death . View more context for this quotation 1670 G. Havers tr. G. Leti Il Cardinalismo di Santa Chiesa i. ii. 58 The Hereticks abhor me to death. 1672 J. Dryden Conquest Granada ii. iii. iii. 112 I'm sad to death, that I must be your Foe. 1711 in 10th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1885) App. v. 184 He is wurryed to death by those ungrateful nations. 1773 H. Chapone Lett. Improvem. Mind II. 80 A gentleman, who would resent to death, an imputation of falsehood. 1806 R. Bloomfield Wild Flowers 45 Some almost laugh'd themselves to dead. 1830 J. Banim Denounced II. 273 Tell her I am sorry to death, and send my petition to see her. 1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge xxii. 59 My stars, Simmun!.. You frighten me to death! 1889 L. B. Walford Stiff-necked Generation xxix. 342 Keep it dark,..or we shall have the poor girl bothered to death. 1932 A. Christie Peril at End House iii. 40 I have been worried to death. Everybody's been telling me I'm nervy. 1969 S. Harris Puritan Jungle x. 191 They're what we call ‘closet cases’, hiding and scared to death of exposure. 1997 A. Lamott Crooked Little Heart (1998) iii. 264 I'm sorry! I'm fucking sorry to death! Okay? < as lemmas |
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