英语词汇“in the weeds”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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P1. In proverbs and proverbial expressions, with reference to the ability of weeds to grow quickly and profusely.

a. †the weeds overgrow the corn and variants. Obsolete.

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c1330 Seven Sages (Auch.) (1933) l. 1057 I se þe wede waxe ouer þe corn, Allas, allas, þat i was boren.

c1350 (a1333) William of Shoreham Poems (1902) 31 (MED) Senne greueþ in þe..Þat [read Ase] wed schel growen ouer þe corn, Wyþ-oute medicyne Of sorȝe.

a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) I. 306 To se suche a lad to macche you as the wede growyth over the corne.

1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. x. sig. Civ^v Ill weed growth fast..wherby the corne is lorne. For surely the weed ouergroweth the corne.

c1586 J. Stewart Poems (1913) 82 As the vyde increscis vith the corn so thow perturb the cheifest.

1597 T. Middleton Wisdome of Solomon Paraphr. iv. sig. E3 The weeds outgrow the herbs, the tares the corne.

1721 J. Kelly Compl. Coll. Scotish Prov. 319 The Weeds o'er grow the Corn, the bad are the most numerous.

b. ill weeds grow apace and variants.

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a1500 in Retrosp. Rev. (1854) 2 309 (MED) Ewyl weed ys sone y-growe.

1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. x. sig. Civ^v Ill weed growth fast..wherby the corne is lorne.

1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III ii. iv. 13 Small herbes haue grace, great weedes grow apace.

1616 T. Draxe Bibliotheca Scholastica 216 An ill weede groweth apace.

1697 J. Pollexfen Disc. Trade & Coyn 100 As ill Weeds grow apace, so these Manufactured Goods from India.

1706 in tr. E. Y. Ides Three Years Trav. Moscow to China 127 They have with their Wares and Trade introduced the Mahometan Religion, which as Weeds grow apace, is spread over all China.

1736 Sedition 7 Sedition springs, as ill Weeds grow, apace.

1864 J. H. Friswell Gentle Life 269 Luxuries, stimulants, late hours, follies, and other like matters, make weeds grow apace in the human garden.

1883 Rocky Mountain News (Denver) 22 Sept. 4/2 The loco industry is only in its infancy as yet, but bad weeds grow fast.

1903 A. F. Schauffler Pastoral Leadership Sunday School Forces 74 My mother..said, ‘Why, Fred, how you have grown.’ An Englishman was standing by her side..and he said, ‘Yes; ill weeds grow apace.’ And I hated him.

2016 FT.com 16 Feb. (online newspaper, accessed 4 July 2018) Banks account for far too much of the funding for economic activity... But ill weeds grow apace, and the safer bet is that banks will find a way to survive even more deeply negative rates.

P2.

weed-and-feed n. (also weed and feed, weed-n-feed, weed & feed) originally U.S. A chemical treatment for a lawn that combines a weedkiller with a fertilizer. Frequently attributive.

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1950 Washington Post 16 Apr. (Homemaking & Gardening section) 10/3 (advt.) Destroy Dandelions and other weeds with an easy application of Scotts Weed & Feed. At the same time you nourish your lawn.

1960 Life 14 Mar. 88/1 (advt.) PAX Snap-Bak is a new weed and feed product.

1967 Cumberland (Maryland) Evening Times 10 Aug. 12/3 (advt.) $1 off Plus-2 Our leading weed-'n-feed.

2003 H. Garrett Dear Dirt Doctor (rev. ed.) 80 Many of the heavily recommended ‘weed-and-feed’ fertilizers still contain Atrazine,..a toxic chemical herbicide..effective in killing your trees and shrubs.

2006 Gardens Monthly Apr. 40/2 I'm totally organic, apart from a weed-and-feed on the lawn in spring.

P3. chiefly North American. in the weeds.

a. colloquial and U.S. Military slang. In a place of safety, or seclusion, that allows a person to hide from the action, an opponent, etc., or to prepare to attack; (hence, in extended use) away from or avoiding the centre of action or attention.

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1960 Chicago Daily Defender 23 Nov. 30/1 Ohio State coach Fred Taylor is concerned..about being the ‘target’..‘We probably took some of them by surprise last year..but everybody is going to be hiding in the weeds looking for us this year.’

1968 W. R. Corson Betrayal 36 Other than a hopelessly inadequate few of the ‘spooks’ out in the weeds there wasn't one member of the entire mission who could speak Vietnamese.

1983 K. Dryden Game 30 He lurks about ‘in the weeds’,..away from the play, unnoticed in a game that centers around his linemate Lafleur.

1993 T. Clancy Without Remorse xiii. 212 Let me say something for myself: I wish we'd had an intel-weenie like you working for us when I was out in the weeds.

2016 Calif. Employm. Law Let. (Nexis) 26 Dec. This ruling allows a union to delay any ballot measure simply by lying in the weeds until just before the governing body acts to place the measure on the ballot.

b. U.S.A.F. slang. At a very low altitude; under the radar.

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1979 R. Prest F4 Phantom xv. 167 I counter roll and push downwards, seeking to gain the energy that I need to smoke away into the distance down in the ‘weeds’ at zero feet or thereabouts, where his pulse radar will be unable to pick me up.

1988 P. D. Chinnery Life on Line ii. ix. 75 By ‘in the weeds’..I mean below the peaks in the mountains and about 50 feet in the flatlands.

2004 National Post (Canada) (Nexis) 12 Oct. a10 This is what Capt. Paisley calls ‘getting down in the weeds’, a low-level exercise to hone the skills he and the other pilots..practise almost every day.

c. colloquial. Of a cook, waiter, bartender, etc.: overwhelmed with orders or work. Also in extended use.

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1981 W. Safire in N.Y. Times Mag. 2 May 18/3 A busy bartender is said to be buried or in the weeds.

1990 C. Eble UNC-CH Campus Slang (Univ. N. Carolina, Chapel Hill) (typescript) Fall 3 I've got three papers an exam, two meetings, and a tennis match in the next three days. I am majorly in the weeds.

1995 Nation's Restaurant News (U.S.) 20 Feb. 34 Getting drinks for one table, dinners for four,..opening wine at three, taking the order at six [etc.]... A waitress..at this point..is ‘deep in the weeds’.

2000 A. Bourdain Kitchen Confid. (2001) 218 He likes to step into other stations when other cooks get in the weeds, chiding them in his horrible Spanish.

2015 ENP Newswire (Nexis) 10 Sept. Success requires both sides of the house to work in sync, especially when the wait is long, tables are filled and the kitchen is in the weeds.

d. At the most basic or grass-roots level; engaged with intricate or precise details, esp. to an extent considered distracting or limiting. Usually with down. Frequently in to get (also be) lost (also bogged down) in the weeds.

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1993 Jrnl. Commerce & Commerc. 4 Mar. a2/3 One White House official at first dismissed questions about the Ex-Im Bank plan as ‘too far down in the weeds for me’. But on further questioning..expressed familiarity with all major objections to the program.

2000 Canad. H.R. Reporter 5 June 3 Organizations need to focus on three or four goals otherwise you get too bogged down in the weeds.

2009 D. J. Minnick Survive Downsizing v. 177 Be able to distinguish between activities that keep you ‘down in the weeds’ from those that give you the bigger picture.

2012 Money Managem. Let. (Nexis) 9 Jan. Boards that focus on the big picture tend to produce better results than those that get lost in the weeds and end up focusing on things that really don't matter much.

单词	in the weeds
释义	> as lemmas in the weeds Phrases P1. In proverbs and proverbial expressions, with reference to the ability of weeds to grow quickly and profusely. a. †the weeds overgrow the corn and variants. Obsolete. ΚΠ c1330 Seven Sages (Auch.) (1933) l. 1057 I se þe wede waxe ouer þe corn, Allas, allas, þat i was boren. c1350 (a1333) William of Shoreham Poems (1902) 31 (MED) Senne greueþ in þe..Þat [read Ase] wed schel growen ouer þe corn, Wyþ-oute medicyne Of sorȝe. a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) I. 306 To se suche a lad to macche you as the wede growyth over the corne. 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. x. sig. Civ^v Ill weed growth fast..wherby the corne is lorne. For surely the weed ouergroweth the corne. c1586 J. Stewart Poems (1913) 82 As the vyde increscis vith the corn so thow perturb the cheifest. 1597 T. Middleton Wisdome of Solomon Paraphr. iv. sig. E3 The weeds outgrow the herbs, the tares the corne. 1721 J. Kelly Compl. Coll. Scotish Prov. 319 The Weeds o'er grow the Corn, the bad are the most numerous. b. ill weeds grow apace and variants. ΚΠ a1500 in Retrosp. Rev. (1854) 2 309 (MED) Ewyl weed ys sone y-growe. 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. x. sig. Civ^v Ill weed growth fast..wherby the corne is lorne. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III ii. iv. 13 Small herbes haue grace, great weedes grow apace. 1616 T. Draxe Bibliotheca Scholastica 216 An ill weede groweth apace. 1697 J. Pollexfen Disc. Trade & Coyn 100 As ill Weeds grow apace, so these Manufactured Goods from India. 1706 in tr. E. Y. Ides Three Years Trav. Moscow to China 127 They have with their Wares and Trade introduced the Mahometan Religion, which as Weeds grow apace, is spread over all China. 1736 Sedition 7 Sedition springs, as ill Weeds grow, apace. 1864 J. H. Friswell Gentle Life 269 Luxuries, stimulants, late hours, follies, and other like matters, make weeds grow apace in the human garden. 1883 Rocky Mountain News (Denver) 22 Sept. 4/2 The loco industry is only in its infancy as yet, but bad weeds grow fast. 1903 A. F. Schauffler Pastoral Leadership Sunday School Forces 74 My mother..said, ‘Why, Fred, how you have grown.’ An Englishman was standing by her side..and he said, ‘Yes; ill weeds grow apace.’ And I hated him. 2016 FT.com 16 Feb. (online newspaper, accessed 4 July 2018) Banks account for far too much of the funding for economic activity... But ill weeds grow apace, and the safer bet is that banks will find a way to survive even more deeply negative rates. P2. weed-and-feed n. (also weed and feed, weed-n-feed, weed & feed) originally U.S. A chemical treatment for a lawn that combines a weedkiller with a fertilizer. Frequently attributive. ΚΠ 1950 Washington Post 16 Apr. (Homemaking & Gardening section) 10/3 (advt.) Destroy Dandelions and other weeds with an easy application of Scotts Weed & Feed. At the same time you nourish your lawn. 1960 Life 14 Mar. 88/1 (advt.) PAX Snap-Bak is a new weed and feed product. 1967 Cumberland (Maryland) Evening Times 10 Aug. 12/3 (advt.) $1 off Plus-2 Our leading weed-'n-feed. 2003 H. Garrett Dear Dirt Doctor (rev. ed.) 80 Many of the heavily recommended ‘weed-and-feed’ fertilizers still contain Atrazine,..a toxic chemical herbicide..effective in killing your trees and shrubs. 2006 Gardens Monthly Apr. 40/2 I'm totally organic, apart from a weed-and-feed on the lawn in spring. P3. chiefly North American. in the weeds. a. colloquial and U.S. Military slang. In a place of safety, or seclusion, that allows a person to hide from the action, an opponent, etc., or to prepare to attack; (hence, in extended use) away from or avoiding the centre of action or attention. ΚΠ 1960 Chicago Daily Defender 23 Nov. 30/1 Ohio State coach Fred Taylor is concerned..about being the ‘target’..‘We probably took some of them by surprise last year..but everybody is going to be hiding in the weeds looking for us this year.’ 1968 W. R. Corson Betrayal 36 Other than a hopelessly inadequate few of the ‘spooks’ out in the weeds there wasn't one member of the entire mission who could speak Vietnamese. 1983 K. Dryden Game 30 He lurks about ‘in the weeds’,..away from the play, unnoticed in a game that centers around his linemate Lafleur. 1993 T. Clancy Without Remorse xiii. 212 Let me say something for myself: I wish we'd had an intel-weenie like you working for us when I was out in the weeds. 2016 Calif. Employm. Law Let. (Nexis) 26 Dec. This ruling allows a union to delay any ballot measure simply by lying in the weeds until just before the governing body acts to place the measure on the ballot. b. U.S.A.F. slang. At a very low altitude; under the radar. ΚΠ 1979 R. Prest F4 Phantom xv. 167 I counter roll and push downwards, seeking to gain the energy that I need to smoke away into the distance down in the ‘weeds’ at zero feet or thereabouts, where his pulse radar will be unable to pick me up. 1988 P. D. Chinnery Life on Line ii. ix. 75 By ‘in the weeds’..I mean below the peaks in the mountains and about 50 feet in the flatlands. 2004 National Post (Canada) (Nexis) 12 Oct. a10 This is what Capt. Paisley calls ‘getting down in the weeds’, a low-level exercise to hone the skills he and the other pilots..practise almost every day. c. colloquial. Of a cook, waiter, bartender, etc.: overwhelmed with orders or work. Also in extended use. ΚΠ 1981 W. Safire in N.Y. Times Mag. 2 May 18/3 A busy bartender is said to be buried or in the weeds. 1990 C. Eble UNC-CH Campus Slang (Univ. N. Carolina, Chapel Hill) (typescript) Fall 3 I've got three papers an exam, two meetings, and a tennis match in the next three days. I am majorly in the weeds. 1995 Nation's Restaurant News (U.S.) 20 Feb. 34 Getting drinks for one table, dinners for four,..opening wine at three, taking the order at six [etc.]... A waitress..at this point..is ‘deep in the weeds’. 2000 A. Bourdain Kitchen Confid. (2001) 218 He likes to step into other stations when other cooks get in the weeds, chiding them in his horrible Spanish. 2015 ENP Newswire (Nexis) 10 Sept. Success requires both sides of the house to work in sync, especially when the wait is long, tables are filled and the kitchen is in the weeds. d. At the most basic or grass-roots level; engaged with intricate or precise details, esp. to an extent considered distracting or limiting. Usually with down. Frequently in to get (also be) lost (also bogged down) in the weeds. ΚΠ 1993 Jrnl. Commerce & Commerc. 4 Mar. a2/3 One White House official at first dismissed questions about the Ex-Im Bank plan as ‘too far down in the weeds for me’. But on further questioning..expressed familiarity with all major objections to the program. 2000 Canad. H.R. Reporter 5 June 3 Organizations need to focus on three or four goals otherwise you get too bogged down in the weeds. 2009 D. J. Minnick Survive Downsizing v. 177 Be able to distinguish between activities that keep you ‘down in the weeds’ from those that give you the bigger picture. 2012 Money Managem. Let. (Nexis) 9 Jan. Boards that focus on the big picture tend to produce better results than those that get lost in the weeds and end up focusing on things that really don't matter much. extracted from weedn.¹ < as lemmas
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