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

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.

5. Phrases. not to know a B from a battledore (archaic): to be utterly illiterate; to say B (or Bo!) to a battledore (obsolete): to open one's mouth in speech (cf. to say bo to a goose at goose n. 1d); hence, battledore is alliteratively used along with B in various locutions.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > speak [verb (intransitive)] > speak up (with courage)

to say B (or Bo!) to a battledore1570

to say bo to a goose (also occasionally battledore)1588

1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) II. 1405/2 Hee knew not a B. from a battledoore, nor euer a letter of the booke.

1592 T. Nashe Pierce Penilesse (Brit. Libr. copy) sig. I2 Now you talke of a Bee, Ile tell you a tale of a Battle-dore.

1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe To Rdr. Euery man can say Bee to a Battledore, and write in prayse of Vertue.

1621 R. Montagu Diatribæ Hist. Tithes 118 The Clergy of this time were..not able to say bo to a battledore.

1630 J. Taylor Wks. ii. 43/1 Criticks..That of a B. will make a Battledore.

1877 [see sense 3].

1884 W. Black Judith Shakespeare xxi Fools that scarce know a B from a battledoor.

单词	not to know a b from a battledore
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. not to know a B from a battledore 5. Phrases. not to know a B from a battledore (archaic): to be utterly illiterate; to say B (or Bo!) to a battledore (obsolete): to open one's mouth in speech (cf. to say bo to a goose at goose n. 1d); hence, battledore is alliteratively used along with B in various locutions. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > speak [verb (intransitive)] > speak up (with courage) to say B (or Bo!) to a battledore1570 to say bo to a goose (also occasionally battledore)1588 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) II. 1405/2 Hee knew not a B. from a battledoore, nor euer a letter of the booke. 1592 T. Nashe Pierce Penilesse (Brit. Libr. copy) sig. I2 Now you talke of a Bee, Ile tell you a tale of a Battle-dore. 1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe To Rdr. Euery man can say Bee to a Battledore, and write in prayse of Vertue. 1621 R. Montagu Diatribæ Hist. Tithes 118 The Clergy of this time were..not able to say bo to a battledore. 1630 J. Taylor Wks. ii. 43/1 Criticks..That of a B. will make a Battledore. 1877 [see sense 3]. 1884 W. Black Judith Shakespeare xxi Fools that scarce know a B from a battledoor. extracted from battledoren. < as lemmas
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