| 单词 | old enemy |
| 释义 | > as lemmasold enemy old enemy n. (a) the Devil; (b) Scottish (usually in form auld enemy; frequently with capital initials) England (spec. as viewed from Scotland, originally with reference to the Auld Alliance between Scotland and France; cf. auld alliance n.); (with plural agreement) the English. [With sense (a) compare post-classical Latin hostis vetus, hostis antiquus (3rd cent.).] ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > a devil > the Devil or Satan > [noun] devileOE Beelzebubc950 the foul ghosteOE SatanOE warlockOE SatanasOE worsea1200 unwinea1225 wondc1250 quedea1275 pucka1300 serpenta1300 dragon1340 shrew1362 Apollyon1382 the god of this worldc1384 Mahoundc1400 leviathan1412 worsta1425 old enemyc1449 Ruffin1567 dismal1570 Plotcocka1578 the Wicked One1582 goodman1603 Mahu1603 foul thief1609 somebody1609 legiona1616 Lord of Flies1622 walliman1629 shaitan1638 Old Nicka1643 Nick1647 unsel?1675 old gentleman1681 old boy1692 the gentleman in black1693 deuce1694 Black Spy1699 the vicious one1713 worricow1719 Old Roger1725 Lord of the Flies1727 Simmie1728 Old Scratch1734 Old Harry1777 Old Poker1784 Auld Hornie1786 old (auld), ill thief1789 old one1790 little-good1821 Tom Walker1833 bogy1840 diabolarch1845 Old Ned1859 iniquity1899 c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 356 (MED) The oold enemy pronouncid openli in the eir thus, [etc.]. a1500 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi (Trin. Dublin) (1893) 115 (MED) Þe olde enemy [L. antiquus hostis], aduersarie to all good, cessiþ not fro temptacion. 1702 J. Tomkins Piety Promoted, 2nd Pt. 134 The Old Enemy would have had me let go my hold; but I said, I have an Interest in thee, and I will hold thee, Lord. 1820 W. Scott Abbot II. i. 10 I defy the Old Enemy to unmask me when I chuse to keep my vizard on. 1851 A. Strickland Lives Queens of Scotl. II. 254 The Lords of the Congregation had concluded a treaty of alliance..with Queen Elizabeth, and had delivered hostages for the fulfilment of their pact with ‘the old enemy’ against their native Sovereign. 1896 M. Oliphant Hist. Scotl. 148 The ‘French Party’..the ‘auld ally’, as England was the ‘auld enemy’ of Scotland. 1921 W. de la Mare Veil & Other Poems 91 Rouse the Old Enemy from his death-still swoon. 1976 Daily Record (Glasgow) 22 Nov. 25/6 Tonight's clash with the ‘Auld Enemy’ will be over seven bouts. 2004 J. Bradbury Routledge Compan. Medieval Warfare ii. ix. 210 In the later Middle Ages the Scots often allied with France against England, causing acute difficulties for the old enemy. 2004 L. B. Hall Mary, Mother & Warrior 56 This snake or dragon..represented the devil, the old enemy. < as lemmas |
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