| 单词 | in spite of one's teeth |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin spite of (despite, maugre, etc.) one's teeth P2. in spite of (despite, maugre, etc.) one's teeth: notwithstanding one's opposition or resistance; in spite of one, in defiance of one. Now rare exc. dialect. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > in the face of or in opposition [phrase] > defiance to one's face, teethc1000 in spite of (despite, maugre, etc.) one's teethc1230 in the teeth1297 maugre a person's head (also beard, cheeks, eyes, heart, neck, teeth, will, etc.)c1325 maugre his nosec1325 despitec1380 in (the) maugre (of)c1450 in spite of (also maugre) a person's beard?1537 in the teeth of1792 malgré lui1796 the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > qualification > [adverb] > however, nevertheless, notwithstanding though-whetherc897 nathelesseOE though971 whetherOE yetOE neverlOE what for-thyc1175 nethelessa1200 never the latterc1225 algatec1230 in spite of (despite, maugre, etc.) one's teethc1230 nought for thatc1275 (all) for noughtc1325 (in) spite of one's nosec1325 alway1340 thoughless1340 ne'er the later (also latter)a1382 ne'er the lessa1382 neverlatera1382 neverthelessa1382 ne for-thia1400 neverlessa1400 not-againstandinga1400 nauthelessc1400 nouthelessc1400 algatesc1405 noughtwithstanding1422 netherless?a1425 notwithstanding1425 nethertheless1440 not gainstandingc1440 not the lessa1450 alwaysa1470 howbeit1470 never þe quedera1475 nought the lessc1480 what reck?a1513 nonetheless1533 howsomever1562 after all1590 in spite of spite1592 meantime1594 notwithstand1596 withal1596 in the meanwhile1597 meanwhile1597 howsoever1601 in (one's) spite?1615 however1623 in the meantime1631 non obstante1641 at the same time1679 with a non-obstante to1679 stilla1699 the same1782 all the same1803 quand même1825 still and all1829 anyhow1867 anyway1876 still and ona1894 all the samey1897 just the same1901 but1939 c1230 Hali Meid. 47 He ȝarkeð þe unþonc hise teð þe blisse & te crune of cristes icorene. a1400 K. Alis. (Bodl.) 5840 He..maugre þe teeþ of hem alle Sette his rigge to þe walle. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) iii. 86 He putte theym to flight, magre their teeth. 1549 H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie sig. Eii A greate man kepeth certaine landes of hyrs from hyr, & wilbe hyr tenaunte in the spite of hyr tethe. 1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia sig. Pvi Spyte of there tethes wrestynge owt of theire handes the sure & vndowted victory. 1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 438 Compelling him..to be liberall in despite of his teeth. 1587 J. Hooker Chron. Ireland 115/1 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) II Which perforce and maugre of his teeth compelled him to retire with shame. 1596 T. Danett tr. P. de Commynes Hist. v. xv. 186 Constrained them spite of their teeths to depart the towne. 1598 R. Grenewey tr. Tacitus Annales iv. ix. 103 Noble men which maugre thy teeth mount to authoritie. 1689 E. Hickeringill Ceremony-monger iii, in Wks. (1716) II. 482 Let the People go whistle, they are their Feeders and Pastors in Spight of their Teeths. 1712 J. Arbuthnot Lewis Baboon iv. vii. 32 [We] will go on with Law-suit in spite of John Bull's Teeth. 1835 Court Mag. 6 74/2 Pleasing herself before his very eyes, in spite of his teeth. < as lemmas |
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