单词 | in ruins |
释义 | > as lemmasin ruins 9. In plural. The remains of a person who or thing which has suffered collapse, destruction, or downfall. Frequently in in ruins. extracted from ruinn. a. Of a person, attribute, relationship, plan, etc. ΚΠ 1509 H. Watson tr. S. Brant Shyppe of Fooles (de Worde) lxxii. sig. Q.viiiv Some saye they be good medecynes Experte in physyke and moche thynge Puttynge the people in ruynes And the poore men sore oppressynge. 1534 T. Elyot in tr. Swete & Devoute Serm. sig. C.vi What valyantenesse of currage is hit, ye and what honour to stande bolte vpprighte amonge the ruynes of man kinde. 1597 R. Parry Sinetes Passions sig. C5 Sing Muses, sing, the ruines of my time, Reade in my face the Kalender of care. a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) iii. i. 259 Thou art the Ruines of the Noblest man That euer liued in the Tide of Times. View more context for this quotation 1676 G. Etherege Man of Mode iii. iii. 44 A fellow-beauty of the last Kings time, though by the Ruines you would hardly guess it. 1700 J. Dryden tr. Ovid Of Pythagorean Philos. in Fables 516 So Helen wept when her too faithful Glass Reflected to her Eyes the ruins of her Face. 1781 W. Cowper Epist. to Lady in France in Poems (1980) I. 444 In pity to the sinners he design'd To rescue from the ruins of mankind. 1814 Confessions of Drunkard (rev. ed.) in B. Montagu Some Enq. Effects Fermented Liquors 202 Trample not on the ruins of a man. 1834 Parterre 1 37/1 He kept his flame in the inmost recesses of his heart, like a lamp in a sepulchre, and which lighted up the ruins of his happiness alone. 1882 Cent. Mag. Mar. 682/1 She rose with a smile from the ruins of her life. 1905 National Mag. Nov. 155/2 Failing to find a companion gloom in the spirits of her relatives or in the ruinous old manor, she turned to the ruins of her heart. 1969 R. Howard Untitled Subj. 42 A noble mind In ruins is the most Heartbreaking thing I can conceive. 1990 D. Kavanagh Thatcherism & Brit. Politics (ed. 2) viii. 234 For the first two years..this strategy lay in ruins. b. Of a decayed and fallen building, town, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [noun] > dilapidated or ruinous condition > that which is dilapidated or ruinous ruinosity1453 ruins1544 demolitions1608 demolishments1628 demolishings1632 rumble1866 the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > that which is left or remainder > [noun] > remains > after destructive agency > decayed remnant(s) relicsc1350 ruinc1425 ruins1544 decays1582 debris1708 wreck1713 shard1786 faulturea1821 detritus1834 1544 T. Chaloner tr. St. J. Chrysostom Homilie sig. Ciii Nowe put case some one as he digged amonges those ruines, shuld plucke out now a stone. ?1571 tr. G. Buchanan Detectioun Marie Quene of Scottes sig. Diiij Betwene the ruynes of twa Tempillis. 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie ii. xi. 45b The promontory is ful of ruines vnhabited. 1600 J. Pory tr. J. Leo Africanus Geogr. Hist. Afr. iv. 231 Now there are a few ruines onely of this towne to be seene. 1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors 40 There are still to be seen the ruins of a fair Monastery. 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 421. ¶6 Babylon in Ruins is not so melancholy a Spectacle. 1726 G. Leoni tr. L. B. Alberti Architecture I. 68/2 Those walls..may..so be kept from filling up the ditch with their ruines. 1774 J. Bennet Poems Several Occasions 14 Near my lov'd vill, fam'd Woodstock of renown, Yet stands in ruins, shame to England's crown, A royal palace. 1835 Court Mag. 6 146 The ruins of Tintern,..Alas! now profaned by a sight-seeing crew. 1885 C. E. Pascoe London of To-day xxix. 259 The Lycian cities, some most valuable ruins of which were removed to London..between 1842 and 1846. 1946 J. Masefield King Cole in King's Daughter 602 They rode with her down to the ruins of what had been Troy. 1964 M. Gowing Brit. & Atomic Energy 1939–45 ix. 267 Dr Penney was one of the scientific observers who saw the mushroom cloud rise from the ruins of Nagasaki. 2003 K. Hosseini Kite Runner (2004) xx. 220 The cratered streets were flanked by little more than ruins of shelled buildings and abandoned homes. c. Of an institution, state, etc. ΚΠ 1554 J. Christopherson Exhort. to All Menne sig. Ff.vj v And nowe moste mercyfull lorde..graunte..that the ruines and decayes of thy holy church may be repayred and buylded vp agayne. 1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII ii. i. 115 [He] restor'd me to my Honours: and out of ruines Made my Name once more Noble. View more context for this quotation 1695 Ld. Preston tr. Boethius Of Consol. Philos. Pref. 5 Arts and Civility were buried in their own Ruines. 1733 D. Neal Hist. Puritans III. 415 They insisted peremptorily on the establishment of the Presbyterian church government upon the ruins of the Prelatical. 1788 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall V. xlix. 156 Amidst the ruins of Italy, the famous Marozia invited one of the usurpers to assume the character of her third husband. 1822 P. B. Shelley Hellas 44 Islam must fall, but we will reign together Over its ruins. 1866 J. Bryce Holy Rom. Empire (new ed.) iv. 37 Of the new monarchies that had risen on the ruins of Rome, that of the Franks was by far the greatest. 1918 Outlook 20 Mar. 440/2 There has come to the Kaiser..the vision of a new and more splendid Pan-Germany rising on the ruins of Russia. 1998 S. Faulks Charlotte Gray iii. iii. 271 His country was in ruins, invaded from without, betrayed from within. d. Of any material thing. ΚΠ 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 ii. ii. 22 + 2 God knows whether those that bal out the ruines of thy linnen shal inherite his kingdom. View more context for this quotation 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. x. 479 Christ forbid, that euery Shippe which coasteth the rockey shoare, should leaue her ruines there. 1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 263 I shew'd him the Ruins of our Boat. 1854 Bizarre 7 Jan. 210/1 He repaired to the place where the ruins of the wardrobe were lying, ready to be appropriated to the manufacture of some other article of household utility. 1898 G. B. Shaw Arms & Man in Plays Pleasant & Unpleasant i. 8 His belt..keeping together the ruins of the blue tunic. 1922 North Western Reporter 189 796/2 The witnesses..appear to have gathered there to look at the ruins of the car which still remained in the ditch. 1982 A. Price Old ‘Vengeful’ vii. 104 I think I'd better see to the ruins of dinner. 2000 K. Atkinson Emotionally Weird (2001) 315 He bowed courteously at the ruins of salmon. < as lemmas |
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