英语词汇“at rack and manger”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

c. at rack and (at) manger: surrounded by abundance or plenty, wanting for nothing. Occasionally without prepositions. Cf. at heck and manger at heck n.¹ 3. Now rare.

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the mind > possession > wealth > rich or wealthy [phrase] > well off

well at easec1330

of substance?a1439

at rack and (at) mangera1500

in good case1560

well to live1568

well and warmc1571

well to pass in the worlda1609

inlaid1699

in easy circumstancesa1704

well to do in the world1805

stouth and routh1816

quids in1919

a1500 (?c1378) J. Wyclif Eng. Wks. (1880) 435 (MED) It is yuel to kepe a wast hors in stable..but it is worse to have a womman wiþ-ynne or wiþ-oute at racke & at manger.

1541 Schole House of Women sig. A.iii Kepe them bothe at racke, and maunger Array them well, and lay them softe.

1593 Bacchus Bountie in Harl. Misc. (1809) II. 275 Plaine rack and manger, where euery one dranke himself out of danger.

1605 G. Chapman Al Fooles i. ii. 118 Valerio, here's a simple meane for you To lye at racke and manger with your wedlocke.

1679 A. Behn Feign'd Curtizans iii. i. 39 Danger,..once o'recome—I ly at Rack and Manger.

1719 ‘J. Gay’ Ovid in Masquerade 19 The Lubber liv'd at Rack and Manger; Spending his time in Mirth and Laughter, With the Old Cuckold's Wife and Daughter.

1760 tr. A. J. de Salas Barbadillo Lucky Idiot (new ed.) i. 9 She..consented she should use her as his Pleasure, and let him lye at Rack and Manger.

1800 E. Hamilton Mem. Mod. Philos. I. 172 There they are, all living at rack and manger. A good hot supper last night and a fine dinner to-day.

1843 T. Carlyle Past & Present ii. i. 61 John Lackland..tearing out the bowels of St. Edmundsbury Convent..by living at rack and manger there.

1875 C. Anthon First Six Bks. Homer's Iliad 412 The reference is to a horse well fed at rack and manger, and so, overfed, waxed wanton.

1955 Lowell (Mass.) Sun 26 Jan. 33/8 To live at rack and manger is to sponge on your friends.

单词	at rack and manger
释义	> as lemmas at rack and (at) manger c. at rack and (at) manger: surrounded by abundance or plenty, wanting for nothing. Occasionally without prepositions. Cf. at heck and manger at heck n.¹ 3. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > wealth > rich or wealthy [phrase] > well off well at easec1330 of substance?a1439 at rack and (at) mangera1500 in good case1560 well to live1568 well and warmc1571 well to pass in the worlda1609 inlaid1699 in easy circumstancesa1704 well to do in the world1805 stouth and routh1816 quids in1919 a1500 (?c1378) J. Wyclif Eng. Wks. (1880) 435 (MED) It is yuel to kepe a wast hors in stable..but it is worse to have a womman wiþ-ynne or wiþ-oute at racke & at manger. 1541 Schole House of Women sig. A.iii Kepe them bothe at racke, and maunger Array them well, and lay them softe. 1593 Bacchus Bountie in Harl. Misc. (1809) II. 275 Plaine rack and manger, where euery one dranke himself out of danger. 1605 G. Chapman Al Fooles i. ii. 118 Valerio, here's a simple meane for you To lye at racke and manger with your wedlocke. 1679 A. Behn Feign'd Curtizans iii. i. 39 Danger,..once o'recome—I ly at Rack and Manger. 1719 ‘J. Gay’ Ovid in Masquerade 19 The Lubber liv'd at Rack and Manger; Spending his time in Mirth and Laughter, With the Old Cuckold's Wife and Daughter. 1760 tr. A. J. de Salas Barbadillo Lucky Idiot (new ed.) i. 9 She..consented she should use her as his Pleasure, and let him lye at Rack and Manger. 1800 E. Hamilton Mem. Mod. Philos. I. 172 There they are, all living at rack and manger. A good hot supper last night and a fine dinner to-day. 1843 T. Carlyle Past & Present ii. i. 61 John Lackland..tearing out the bowels of St. Edmundsbury Convent..by living at rack and manger there. 1875 C. Anthon First Six Bks. Homer's Iliad 412 The reference is to a horse well fed at rack and manger, and so, overfed, waxed wanton. 1955 Lowell (Mass.) Sun 26 Jan. 33/8 To live at rack and manger is to sponge on your friends. extracted from rackn.⁴ < as lemmas
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