单词 | at utterance |
释义 | > as lemmasat (the) utterance a. With the highest degree of energy or vigour; with the utmost force or violence; to the last or uttermost degree. Frequently with verbs, esp. fight. (Cf. 2a.) ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > violently [phrase] of hardc1330 at (the) utterance1480 hip and thigh1560 with a vengeance1568 with a powderc1600 with a siserary1607 full fling1614 with the vengeance1693 like a thousand (also hundred) of brick(s)1836 1480 W. Caxton Chron. Eng. ccxlii. 148 b Than thees two worthy lordes comen..and weren redy in the place for to fight at vtteraunce. 1485 W. Caxton tr. Thystorye & Lyf Charles the Grete sig. cviijv/2 They lete theyr horses renne wyth a grete courage for to Iuste at vtteraunce. 1485 W. Caxton tr. Thystorye & Lyf Charles the Grete sig. gvjv/2 Þe pylers of marble & other stones bygonnen to brenne & make fyre at vtteraunce. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Richard III f. xxvj He woulde fighte with hym at the vtteraunce. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. 684 Corbis and Orsua made profession to trie the title at the utterance by dint of sword. a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) iii. i. 72 Of him, I gather'd Honour, Which he, to seeke of me againe, perforce, Behooues me keepe at vtterance . View more context for this quotation a1630 D. Hume Hist. Houses Douglas & Angus (1644) 30 Hee used them so gently, which he would not have done if he had taken it [sc. the castle] at utterance. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > [phrase] > thoroughly or to the utmost > of one's power to the utterestc1400 at (the) utterestc1420 to the utmostc1450 at (the) utterance1513 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid xii. ix. 124 Euery man..At the vtyrrans of all his fors gan fycht. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > dead person or the dead > [adjective] > dying deadlyc893 swelting?a1400 dyingc1450 at (the) utterance1525 in (the, his) extremes1551 parting1562 Acherontic1597 ending1600 departing1603 on one's last legs1614 expiring1635 mortifying1649 morient1679 upon one's last stretch1680 gasping1681 à la mort1700 moribund1721 outward-bound1809 terminal1854 on the brink of the grave1872 defunctive1929 1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. xxiv. 26/1 A varlet..stode by and sawe the batayle... And whan he sawe his maister almost at vttraunce, he was sorie. < as lemmas |
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