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

a. Maimed, halting; imperfect or defective, unsatisfactory as wanting a part or parts. Said esp. of an argument, excuse, account, narrative, or the like. †Phr. lame to the ground (cf. Antrim & Down Gloss. s.v. Lame ‘A stab of a bayonet which has lamed me to the ground.’).

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the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > imperfection > [adjective] > in specific way: defective or faulty > of immaterial things > of argument or excuse or narrative

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c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde ii. Prol. 17 Disblameth my yf ony word be lame. For as myn auctor seyde so sey I.

1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 218 The gold hath made his wittes lame.

1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour i. xxv. sig. Miij^v That the knowlege and contemplation of Natures operations, were lame and..imperfecte, if there folowed none actuall experience.

1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 164 b Let us yet helpe his lame Logicke as well as we may.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) ii. i. 164 O most lame and impotent conclusion.

1634 J. Canne Necessitie of Separation v. 258 I will not contend much with him about the Proposition, which is lame to the ground.

1668 M. Hale Pref. Rolle's Abridgm. 9 Tables, or other Repertories..are oftentimes short, and give a lame account of the Subject sought for.

1670 W. Temple Let. to Sir J. Temple in Wks. (1731) II. 245 I found the Business of admitting the Emperor into the Guarantee, went downright lame.

a1677 I. Barrow Wks. (1686) III. 208 Nothing of worth or weight, can be atchieved..with a faint heart, with a lame endeavour.

1699 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris (new ed.) 259 Our Argument from the Date of Phrynichus's Phœnissœ will be very lame and precarious.

1700 Moxon's Mech. Exercises: Bricklayers-wks. 16 Alterations, or Tearing and pulling the Building to pieces after it is begun..makes the Building lame and Deficient.

1726 J. Swift Gulliver II. iii. iii. 43 The Theory of Comets, which at present is very lame and defective.

1800 E. Hervey Mourtray Family II. 104 Her account was so lame and imperfect, that Mrs. Mourtray lost all patience.

1818 W. Hazlitt Lect. Eng. Poets iv. 148 His grammatical construction is often lame and imperfect.

1867 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. iv. 244 This certainly seems a very lame story.

单词	lame to the ground
释义	> as lemmas lame to the ground a. Maimed, halting; imperfect or defective, unsatisfactory as wanting a part or parts. Said esp. of an argument, excuse, account, narrative, or the like. †Phr. lame to the ground (cf. Antrim & Down Gloss. s.v. Lame ‘A stab of a bayonet which has lamed me to the ground.’). ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > imperfection > [adjective] > in specific way: defective or faulty > of immaterial things > of argument or excuse or narrative lamec1374 c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde ii. Prol. 17 Disblameth my yf ony word be lame. For as myn auctor seyde so sey I. 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 218 The gold hath made his wittes lame. 1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour i. xxv. sig. Miij^v That the knowlege and contemplation of Natures operations, were lame and..imperfecte, if there folowed none actuall experience. 1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 164 b Let us yet helpe his lame Logicke as well as we may. a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) ii. i. 164 O most lame and impotent conclusion. View more context for this quotation 1634 J. Canne Necessitie of Separation v. 258 I will not contend much with him about the Proposition, which is lame to the ground. 1668 M. Hale Pref. Rolle's Abridgm. 9 Tables, or other Repertories..are oftentimes short, and give a lame account of the Subject sought for. 1670 W. Temple Let. to Sir J. Temple in Wks. (1731) II. 245 I found the Business of admitting the Emperor into the Guarantee, went downright lame. a1677 I. Barrow Wks. (1686) III. 208 Nothing of worth or weight, can be atchieved..with a faint heart, with a lame endeavour. 1699 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris (new ed.) 259 Our Argument from the Date of Phrynichus's Phœnissœ will be very lame and precarious. 1700 Moxon's Mech. Exercises: Bricklayers-wks. 16 Alterations, or Tearing and pulling the Building to pieces after it is begun..makes the Building lame and Deficient. 1726 J. Swift Gulliver II. iii. iii. 43 The Theory of Comets, which at present is very lame and defective. 1800 E. Hervey Mourtray Family II. 104 Her account was so lame and imperfect, that Mrs. Mourtray lost all patience. 1818 W. Hazlitt Lect. Eng. Poets iv. 148 His grammatical construction is often lame and imperfect. 1867 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. iv. 244 This certainly seems a very lame story. extracted from lameadj. < as lemmas
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