英语词汇“the devil on dun's back”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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the devil on dun's back

P3. the devil upon dun (also the devil on dun's back): the devil riding a horse; used as a type or emblem of imminent disaster or impending doom.

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1634 T. Heywood & R. Brome Late Lancashire Witches ii. sig. D The Divell on Dun is rid this way.

1665 J. Phillips tr. P. Scarron Typhon iii. 96 All the Gods did run, As if the Devil upon Dun Was at their posterns.

1680 tr. J.-B. Tavernier Coll. Several Relations & Treat. i. 87 All will out, there will be the Devil upon Dun when my Husband comes home.

1694 P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais Pantagruel's Voy.: 4th Bk. Wks. iv. xxxiii. 132 There will be the Devil upon Dun. This is a worse Business than that t'other Day.

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单词	the devil on dun's back
释义	> as lemmas the devil on dun's back P3. the devil upon dun (also the devil on dun's back): the devil riding a horse; used as a type or emblem of imminent disaster or impending doom. ΚΠ 1634 T. Heywood & R. Brome Late Lancashire Witches ii. sig. D The Divell on Dun is rid this way. 1665 J. Phillips tr. P. Scarron Typhon iii. 96 All the Gods did run, As if the Devil upon Dun Was at their posterns. 1680 tr. J.-B. Tavernier Coll. Several Relations & Treat. i. 87 All will out, there will be the Devil upon Dun when my Husband comes home. 1694 P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais Pantagruel's Voy.: 4th Bk. Wks. iv. xxxiii. 132 There will be the Devil upon Dun. This is a worse Business than that t'other Day. extracted from dunn.¹ < as lemmas
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