英语词汇“not to know a b from a battle-dore”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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not to know a B from a battle-dore

2. Phrases relating to the letter. not to know a B from a bull's foot, not to know a B from a battle-dore: to be entirely illiterate.

ΘΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > want of learning, illiteracy > be illiterate [verb]

not to know a B from a bull's foot1401

not to know a B from a battle-dore1609

1401 Pol. Poems II. 57 I know not an A from the wyndmylne, ne a B from a bole foot.

1609 T. Dekker Guls Horne-bk. sig. B2 You shall not neede to buy bookes, no, scorne to distinguish a B from a battle doore.

1659 J. Howell Prov. Eng. Toung 16/1 in Lex. Tetraglotton (1660) He knoweth not a B. from a battle-door.

1846 H. H. Brackenridge Mod. Chivalry 43 There were members who scarcely knew B from a bulls-foot.

extracted from Bn.

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单词	not to know a b from a battle-dore
释义	> as lemmas not to know a B from a battle-dore 2. Phrases relating to the letter. not to know a B from a bull's foot, not to know a B from a battle-dore: to be entirely illiterate. ΘΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > want of learning, illiteracy > be illiterate [verb] not to know a B from a bull's foot1401 not to know a B from a battle-dore1609 1401 Pol. Poems II. 57 I know not an A from the wyndmylne, ne a B from a bole foot. 1609 T. Dekker Guls Horne-bk. sig. B2 You shall not neede to buy bookes, no, scorne to distinguish a B from a battle doore. 1659 J. Howell Prov. Eng. Toung 16/1 in Lex. Tetraglotton (1660) He knoweth not a B. from a battle-door. 1846 H. H. Brackenridge Mod. Chivalry 43 There were members who scarcely knew B from a bulls-foot. extracted from Bn. < as lemmas
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