| 单词 | house-burning |
| 释义 | > as lemmashouse-burning house-burning n. [compare Old English hūsbryne , in the same sense ( < house n.1 + brune n.1)] ΚΠ a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 26235 Mans slaghter and hus brening. 1534 G. Ferrers tr. Bk. Magna Carta xv. f. 36 Such prysoners as..be taken for house burnyng felonously done. 1651 W. G. tr. J. Cowell Inst. Lawes Eng. 267 House-burning doth not onely extend to Houses and Barnes wherein Corn is laid up; but also to those heaps which we call Mowes, Stacks, or Reeks, if they be near unto Houses. 1763 in G. Lamoine Charges to Grand Jury (1992) 402 Injuries which respect the Habitations and Property of Men; the former are most affected by the Crimes of House-burning, and Burglary. 1844 P. Harwood Hist. Irish Rebellion 145 To check the system of torture, house-burning, and peasant-shooting. 1997 Irish Times (Nexis) 19 Dec. 15 The floggings, the house-burnings and the murders by yeomanry that took place before the rising. < as lemmas |
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