单词 | lay it on |
释义 | > as lemmasto lay it on 3. transitive. To inflict (blows); to ply (the lash) vigorously. Also to lay it on (in quot. figurative). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > strike [verb (transitive)] > deal or give (a stroke or blow) setc1300 smitec1300 layc1330 drivec1380 slentc1380 hit?a1400 to lay ona1400 reacha1400 fetchc1400 depart1477 warpc1480 throw1488 lenda1500 serve1561 wherret1599 senda1627 lunge1735 to lay in1809 wreak1817 to get in1834 a1400 Octovian 1061 Ley on strokes with good empryse. 14.. Libeaus Desconus 2056 (Kaluza) Ley on strokes swifte. 1619 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher King & No King iv. sig. H1 You haue paid me equall Heauens, And sent my owne rod to correct me with..Lay it on, Iustice, till my soule melt in me. 1656 R. Baxter Reformed Pastor iii. i We disgrace them to the utmost, and lay it on as plainly as we can speak. 1732 H. Fielding Mock Doctor viii Those blows..which I was oblig'd to have the honour of laying on so thick upon you. 1892 Field 26 Nov. 799/3 A stirrup leather well laid on. to lay (it) on 5. to lay (it) on: †(a) to be lavish in expense (obsolete); (b) to pile on the charge for goods, etc. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > charges > [verb (intransitive)] > make excessive charges to lay it ona1593 to stick it into1797 to put it on1843 society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > waste of money or extravagance > spend money wastefully or extravagantly [verb (intransitive)] to lay on load?1562 lavish1567 to bring one's noble to ninepence1568 to lay it ona1593 overspend1857 plunge1876 splash1934 splurge1934 a1593 C. Marlowe Edward II (1594) sig. F4 Thou shalt haue crownes of vs, t'out bid the Barons; And Spenser, spare them not, but lay it on. 1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida i. ii. 203 Thers no iesting, thers laying on, takt off, who will as they say, there be hacks. View more context for this quotation 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Cocher sur la grosse taille, (as wee say) to lay it on, (take it off who as will;) to spend, or borrow, exceeding much. 1612 Sir C. Mountagu in Buccleuch MSS (Hist. MSS Comm.) (1899) I. 239 Here is..much preparations at this wedding for masks..one of eight lords and eight ladies, whereof my cousin An Dudley on[e], and two from the Inner Courts, who the[y] say will lay it on. a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) iii. ii. 154 I would I could see this Taborer, He layes it on . View more context for this quotation 1699 A. Boyer Royal Dict. (at cited word) I had a good Fortune, and laid on to some Tune, as long as it lasted. to lay it on 31. To bring (a stick, etc.) down upon; to inflict (blows). Also to lay it on (literal and figurative). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > use or wield (a weapon) [verb (transitive)] wieldOE swipc1275 layc1330 fall1597 ground?1650 the world > movement > impact > striking > strike [verb (transitive)] > deal or give (a stroke or blow) setc1300 smitec1300 layc1330 drivec1380 slentc1380 hit?a1400 to lay ona1400 reacha1400 fetchc1400 depart1477 warpc1480 throw1488 lenda1500 serve1561 wherret1599 senda1627 lunge1735 to lay in1809 wreak1817 to get in1834 the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific thing > strike with specific thing [verb (transitive)] > deliver a blow with layc1330 strike1548 c1330 (?a1300) Guy of Warwick (Auch.) p. 422 & we leyd on hem dintes grete. 1399 W. Langland Richard Redeles iii. 338 They leid on þi leigis, Richard, lasshis y-now. a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 221 Thane is thair laid on me ane quhip. 1568 Christis Kirk on Grene in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1928) II. 265 The reird raiss rudly wt the rappis quhen rungis wes layd on riggis. a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) iv. ii. 319 Layest thou thy Leaden Mace vpon my Boy? View more context for this quotation 1833 T. B. Macaulay in Life & Lett. (1880) I. 337 I have laid it on Walpole..unsparingly. 1879 J. A. Froude Cæsar xx. 338 What if my son wishes to lay a stick on my back? < as lemmas |
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