| 单词 | to burn bare |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto burn (the ground) bare d. transferred. To produce on (anything) an effect resembling that of burning; e.g. (of the sun) to wither, dry up (vegetation), to parch, dry up (the ground); to freckle, embrown, or discolour (the skin), cf. sunburnt adj. Sometimes said of cold, and of certain manures and crops, to express their effect on vegetation or on the soil. †poetic. Of cattle: to burn (the ground) bare: to crop it close. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > subjection or exposure to heat or fire > subject or expose to heat or fire [verb (transitive)] > damage or injure by heat or fire > like heat or fire burnc1374 swithen1600 the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating by animals > feed on or forage for (of animals) [verb (transitive)] > crop ground close (of cattle) to burn (the ground) bare1697 c1374 G. Chaucer Compl. Mars 88 Phebus cam to bren [v.r. birn] hem with his hete. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 6025 Haile and fir was menged samen..þe gresse it brint. c1425 Three Kings Cologne 44 Hit wexeþ liche eerys of corn þat were brent with þe wedir. ?c1510 tr. Newe Landes & People founde by Kynge of Portyngale sig. Biij Lest that the soon shuld burne hym. 1591 E. Spenser Ruines of Rome in Complaints xvii Scortching sunne had brent His wings. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 681 Vines also are burned therewithal [i.e. with swine's dung]. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics ii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 79 Goats..graze the Field, and burn it bare. View more context for this quotation < as lemmas |
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