英语词汇“one's fingers itch”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

c. one's fingers itch (to): one is eager or impatient to do something, (in early use) esp. to strike or hit a person. Cf. itch v.¹ 2.

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?1560 T. Norton Orations of Arsanes sig. E.j^v Philippe (whose vngracious fingars itche to be doing wyth vs already) will holde himselfe within the boundes of Grecia.

1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxxviii. 1009 They had lesse store of pillage and bootie with them to set their..fingers on itching.

1652 J. Tatham Scots Figgaries iii. 21 My fingers itch to come at thy face.

1767 J. Wesley Let. 5 Mar. (1931) V. 43 He has convinced his impartial readers..that (as the vulgar say) his fingers itch to be at me, that he has a passionate desire to measure swords with me.

1796 Ld. Nelson in Dispatches & Lett. (1845) II. 280 I thought it most proper not to take him (although my fingers itched for it).

1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. I. vii. 119 It makes one's fingers itch to think of it.

1975 L. Goreau Just Mahalia, Baby lxxvii. 524 Strong hands, this girl, and fingers itching this very minute to get onto that piano.

2013 Express (Nexis) 1 Mar. 46 If you are saddled with chalky soil and your fingers itch to take on rhododendrons, camellias, pieris or other lime-haters, the solution is simple.

2. figurative. To have an irritating desire or uneasy craving provoking to action. Often in one's fingers itch (to do something, originally to give a person a thrashing). Const. with infinitive; also for, (†at).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > uneasy or restless desire > have uneasy or restless desire [verb (intransitive)]

itch?c1225

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?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 65 Lokið seið seint Ierome. þet ȝe nabben ȝichinde þe tungen ne þe earen.

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 2 Tim. iv. 3 Thei schulen gadere to gidere maistris ȝitchinge, or plesynge, to the eeris.

1579 J. Stubbs Discouerie Gaping Gulf sig. Eviij^v [Our] fingers wyll itch at hym.

1606 No-body & Some-body sig. F3 My kinglie browes, itch for a stately Crowne.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) ii. iii. 42 If I see a sword out, my finger itches to make one.

1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue i. 57 His tongue itch't to be let loose.

1712 J. Arbuthnot Lewis Baboon iv. i. 2 His fingers itch'd to give Nic. a good Slap on the Chops.

1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel I. 163 Keep thee from my failings free,—Nor itch at rhymes.

1853 C. Kingsley Hypatia II. iii. 45 The men's fingers are itching for a fight.

1861 C. Reade Cloister & Hearth II. xi. 221 No wonder men itch to be soldiers.

单词	one's fingers itch
释义	> as lemmas one's fingers itch (to) c. one's fingers itch (to): one is eager or impatient to do something, (in early use) esp. to strike or hit a person. Cf. itch v.¹ 2. ΚΠ ?1560 T. Norton Orations of Arsanes sig. E.j^v Philippe (whose vngracious fingars itche to be doing wyth vs already) will holde himselfe within the boundes of Grecia. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxxviii. 1009 They had lesse store of pillage and bootie with them to set their..fingers on itching. 1652 J. Tatham Scots Figgaries iii. 21 My fingers itch to come at thy face. 1767 J. Wesley Let. 5 Mar. (1931) V. 43 He has convinced his impartial readers..that (as the vulgar say) his fingers itch to be at me, that he has a passionate desire to measure swords with me. 1796 Ld. Nelson in Dispatches & Lett. (1845) II. 280 I thought it most proper not to take him (although my fingers itched for it). 1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. I. vii. 119 It makes one's fingers itch to think of it. 1975 L. Goreau Just Mahalia, Baby lxxvii. 524 Strong hands, this girl, and fingers itching this very minute to get onto that piano. 2013 Express (Nexis) 1 Mar. 46 If you are saddled with chalky soil and your fingers itch to take on rhododendrons, camellias, pieris or other lime-haters, the solution is simple. extracted from fingern. one's fingers itch 2. figurative. To have an irritating desire or uneasy craving provoking to action. Often in one's fingers itch (to do something, originally to give a person a thrashing). Const. with infinitive; also for, (†at). ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > uneasy or restless desire > have uneasy or restless desire [verb (intransitive)] itch?c1225 longc1300 ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 65 Lokið seið seint Ierome. þet ȝe nabben ȝichinde þe tungen ne þe earen. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 2 Tim. iv. 3 Thei schulen gadere to gidere maistris ȝitchinge, or plesynge, to the eeris. 1579 J. Stubbs Discouerie Gaping Gulf sig. Eviij^v [Our] fingers wyll itch at hym. 1606 No-body & Some-body sig. F3 My kinglie browes, itch for a stately Crowne. a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) ii. iii. 42 If I see a sword out, my finger itches to make one. View more context for this quotation 1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue i. 57 His tongue itch't to be let loose. 1712 J. Arbuthnot Lewis Baboon iv. i. 2 His fingers itch'd to give Nic. a good Slap on the Chops. 1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel I. 163 Keep thee from my failings free,—Nor itch at rhymes. 1853 C. Kingsley Hypatia II. iii. 45 The men's fingers are itching for a fight. 1861 C. Reade Cloister & Hearth II. xi. 221 No wonder men itch to be soldiers. extracted from itchv.¹ < as lemmas
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