| 单词 | in the bud |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin the bud 4. in bud (said of plants; cf. in leaf, in flower): budding. in the bud: not yet developed; often figurative = young, immature, ‘in the germ’. to nip or crush in the bud: figurative to repress or destroy (a project, etc.) in its first beginnings (see also nip v.1 5b). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > beginning > at the beginning [phrase] > in early stage embryon1581 in (the) embryon1607 in embryo1631 in the bud1677 in the gristle1775 the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > crush, stifle, or overwhelm (feelings, etc.) shendOE whelvec1000 allayOE ofdrunkenc1175 quenchc1175 quashc1275 stanchc1315 quella1325 slockena1340 drenchc1374 vanquishc1380 stuffa1387 daunt?a1400 adauntc1400 to put downa1425 overwhelmc1425 overwhelvec1450 quatc1450 slockc1485 suppressa1500 suffocate1526 quealc1530 to trample under foot1530 repress1532 quail1533 suppress1537 infringe1543 revocate1547 whelm1553 queasom1561 knetcha1564 squench1577 restinguish1579 to keep down1581 trample1583 repel1592 accable1602 crush1610 to wrestle down?1611 chokea1616 stranglea1616 stifle1621 smother1632 overpower1646 resuppress1654 strangulate1665 instranglea1670 to choke back, down, in, out1690 to nip or crush in the bud1746 spiflicate1749 squasha1777 to get under1799 burke1835 to stamp out1851 to trample down1853 quelch1864 to sit upon ——1864 squelch1864 smash1865 garrotte1878 scotch1888 douse1916 to drive under1920 stomp1936 stultify1958 the world > life > source or principle of life > age > youth > [adjective] > belonging to early part of life younger1538 springing1556 youngest1570 junior1606 vernant1793 vernal1794 in bud1847 1677 A. Horneck Great Law Consideration (1704) 89 If a tree does not thrive, if flowers do wither in the bud. 1746 Rep. Cond. Sir J. Cope 12 The crushing in the bud an Insurrection. 1844 tr. M. T. Asmar Mem. Babylonian Princess II. 168 The plot was apparently nipped in the bud. 1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess i. 13 While life was yet in bud and blade. 1867 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. iv. 258 Promising germs of freedom were..crushed in the bud. 1879 J. Earle Philol. Eng. Tongue (ed. 3) vii. 418 A flectional word is a phrase in the bud. < as lemmas |
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