单词 | bellyache |
释义 | bellyachen. 1. a. ‘The colic or pain in the bowels.’ Johnson. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > pain > pain in specific parts > [noun] > in stomach or bowels womb achea1398 gnawing1398 torsionc1425 colicc1440 frettingc1440 the wormc1500 wringc1500 griping1526 wresting?1543 wringing?1550 bellyache1552 torment1578 colic passion1586 wind-colic1593 belly-thrawe1595 belly-grinding1597 fret1600 gripe1601 wrenching1607 mulligrubsa1625 bellywarka1652 torminaa1655 efferation1684 stomach-ache1763 gastrodynia1804 guts-ache1818 stony colic1822 wame-ill1829 gastralgia1834 tummy ache1926 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Disceased with bealye ache, or freatynge in the bealye. 1803 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) I. 268 A supper so hearty, That it gave him a sad belly-ache. 1967 A. Wilson No Laughing Matter ii. 76 Don't blame me if you all get the bellyache. b. Name given to the Jatropha gossypifolia. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > non-British medicinal plants > [noun] > fruit or seed > physic-nut or purging nut > bush bellyache1750 bellyache-bush- bellyache-weed- 1750 G. Hughes Nat. Hist. Barbados 152 The Belly-Ach. The roots of this shrub are..white, penetrating deep into the earth. 2. [ < bellyache v.] A querulous complaint. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > [noun] > a complaint > peevish or querulous whinge?a1513 whine1633 whinging1720 grizzle1900 bleat1916 bellyache1930 1930 W. R. Burnett Iron Man i. i. 9 ‘Now start your belly-ache,’ said Regan. ‘To hear you talk you'd think you really did some training.’ Compounds belly-ache-root n. = angelica n. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medical preparations of specific origin > medicine composed of a plant > [noun] > plant used in medicine > root > specific roots zedoaryOE madderOE setwall?c1225 liquoricec1275 rhubarba1400 ireosc1400 liquorice-racec1400 sage root14.. maple root1523 liquorice-root1530 rhabarbarum1533 orris1545 turmeric1545 cypressc1550 pyrethrum1562 china1582 China root1588 orris root1598 red squill1629 ginseng1654 ague root1676 poke root1687 cassumunar1693 nettle root1707 valerian root1747 belly-ache-root1775 Indian root1775 Turkey rhubarb1789 sumbul1791 serpentaria1803 Honduras sarsaparilla1818 serpentary1837 sang1843 savanilla1856 manaca1866 gelsemium1875 sanguinaria1875 Indian turmeric1890 1775 J. Adair Hist. Amer. Indians 412 Angelica, or belly-ach-root is one of their physical greens. Thesaurus » Categories » bellyache-bush n. = sense 1b. Thesaurus » Categories » bellyache-weed n. = sense 1b. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021). bellyachev. slang. Originally U.S. intransitive. To complain querulously or unreasonably; to whine, grizzle. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > complain [verb (intransitive)] > peevishly or querulously whingea1150 girnc1440 whine1530 whimper1549 hone1621 peenge1791 nyaff1808 bellyache1889 1889 J. S. Farmer Americanisms 50/2 Employés bellyache at being overworked, or when they fancy themselves underfed. A vulgarism. 1923 U. L. Silberrad Lett. Jean Armiter vi. 132 Not a bad sort of woman, except that she's always belly~aching about money. 1933 E. Caldwell God's Little Acre i. 8 I reckon there's enough to complain about these days if a fellow wants to belly-ache some. Derivatives bellyacher n. one who so complains. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > [noun] > one who complains > peevish or querulous whiner1603 whimperer1737 whinger1791 Peter Grievance1837 Peter Grievous1875 grizzler1900 bellyacher1930 1930 S. Henry Conquering Plains xvii. 221 These voluble doubters were commonly called old croakers, backbiters, ‘belly~achers’. 1958 Listener 13 Nov. 791/2 The subordinate who argued about orders was always ‘a bellyacher’. bellyaching n. and adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > [noun] > action of complaining > peevishly or querulously whiningc1440 girning1487 honing1866 bellyaching1931 the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > [adjective] > complaining > peevishly or querulously girning1447 querulousc1475 quarrellous1490 whining15.. wailish?1548 querimonious1604 whinging1720 peeping1786 honing1802 whiny1854 Peter Grievous1875 grizzly1900 bellyaching1931 1931 E. Linklater Juan in Amer. iv. i. 272 Another of these belly-aching German war books. Who started the War, anyway? 1934 ‘G. Orwell’ Burmese Days xv. 230 Other people..will listen to their belly-achings with sympathy. 1934 ‘G. Orwell’ Burmese Days xv. 232 It was an impertinence to go belly-aching on and on about myself. 1959 Times 22 July 5/4 The ‘belly-aching’ was over the pay cut, not the principle of negotiation. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1552v.1889 |
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