| 单词 | swine trough |
| 释义 | > as lemmasswine trough swine trough n. [compare Middle Low German swīnetrōch, Middle High German swīntroc (German Schweintrog)] a trough from which pigs eat. ΚΠ a1451 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1865) III. 101 (MED) j swyntrogh de ligno. 1549 H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie 3rd Serm. sig. Jiiv They say in my contrye when they call theyr hogs to ye swine trough, Come to thy myngle mangle, come pyr. 1619 in R. S. Ferguson & W. Nanson Munic. Rec. Carlisle (1887) 278 Keping of swine troughes in the hye streyt. 1730 J. Senhouse tr. Persius Satires i. 21 Your hideous fat Belly, like a Swine-trough, stands out a full Foot and a half. 1827 W. Scott Chron. Canongate ii They come, with the prodigal son, to the husks and the swine-trough. 1994 Philosophy 69 43 If the herd is right it should be followed, but if it is not, then it should not. The herd may be on its way to the swine trough. < as lemmas |
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