| 单词 | to beggar description, compare |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto beggar description, compare 2. To exhaust the resources of, go beyond, outdo; as in to beggar description, compare, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > quality of inspiring wonder > be a matter of wonder [verb (intransitive)] musea1500 to beggar description, comparea1616 to beat the Dutch1775 to beat all1839 a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) ii. ii. 205 For her owne person, It beggerd all discription. View more context for this quotation 1789 H. L. Piozzi Observ. Journey France I. 363 A place which beggars all description. 1815 W. H. Ireland Scribbleomania 15 Hunger's a sauce, sir, that beggars compare. 1825 W. Cobbett Rural Rides in Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 5 Nov. 354 It beggars one's feelings to attempt to find words whereby to express them. < as lemmas |
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