英语词汇“to bark up the wrong tree”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. figurative. To speak or cry out in a tone or temper that suggests the bark of a dog. to bark against (or at) the moon: to clamour or agitate to no effect. to bark up the wrong tree (originally U.S.): to make a mistake in one's object of pursuit or the means taken to attain it.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > request > protesting or remonstrance > protest or remonstrate [verb (intransitive)] > aggressively, loudly, or angrily

bark?c1225

crusade1732

to scream (also cry, yell, etc.) blue murder1828

to pop off1914

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > be of no avail [verb (intransitive)] > expend effort in vain

to lose or spill one's whilec1175

to speak to the windc1330

tinec1330

to beat the windc1375

lose?a1513

to boil, roast, or wash a stonea1529

to lose (one's) oil1548

to plough the sand (also sands)a1565

to wash an ass's head (or ears)1581

to wash an Ethiop, a blackamoor (white)1581

to wash a wall of loam, a brick or tilea1600

to milk the bull (also he-goat, ram)1616

to bark against (or at) the moona1641

dead horse1640

to cast stones against the wind1657

dry-ditcha1670

baffle1860

to go, run or rush (a)round in circles1933

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > mistake [phrase]

to miss the cushiona1529

to get, have, or take the (or a) wrong (or right) sow by the ear1546

to pray without one's beads1641

to have the wrong end of the stick?1793

to bark up the wrong tree1832

the boot (is) on the wrong leg or foot1834

to have another think coming1896

you have another guess coming1935

to be off the beam1941

blow1943

?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 98 Ȝef þu berkest aȝein þu art hundecunnes.

1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Rolls Ser.) VII. 443 Þey..dorste nouȝt berke [v.r. breke] for drede of oon man.

?1531 H. Latimer Let. in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) I. App. 118 That the Scripture & not the Translation, that ye bark against, calling it new lerning.

c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) xvi. 110 Ȝe cry & berkis ilk ane contrar vthirs.

a1641 T. Heywood & W. Rowley Fortune by Land & Sea i. i, in Wks. (1874) VI. 370 He hath such honourable friends to guard him, We should in that but bark against the moon.

1761 C. Churchill Apol. 15 Though Mimics bark, and Envy split her cheek.

1832 J. Hall Legends of West 46 You are barking up the wrong tree, Johnson.

1841 Congress. Globe 25 Jan. App. 153 The stockjobbers were barking up the wrong tree when they wrote those letters.

1855 Haliburton Hum. Nat. 124 in J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms If you think to run a rig on me, you have made a mistake in the child, and barked up the wrong tree.

1887 Notes & Queries 17 Sept. 221 Mr. Rye is barking up the wrong tree.

1899 S. R. Crockett Kit Kennedy xxii. 153 ‘Ouch..!’ barked Royal lumbering outwards like a great pot-walloping elephant through the shallows.

1961 Technology Feb. 31/1 Her researches show the Government to be barking up the wrong tree.

单词	to bark up the wrong tree
释义	> as lemmas to bark up the wrong tree a. figurative. To speak or cry out in a tone or temper that suggests the bark of a dog. to bark against (or at) the moon: to clamour or agitate to no effect. to bark up the wrong tree (originally U.S.): to make a mistake in one's object of pursuit or the means taken to attain it. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > request > protesting or remonstrance > protest or remonstrate [verb (intransitive)] > aggressively, loudly, or angrily bark?c1225 crusade1732 to scream (also cry, yell, etc.) blue murder1828 to pop off1914 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > be of no avail [verb (intransitive)] > expend effort in vain to lose or spill one's whilec1175 to speak to the windc1330 tinec1330 to beat the windc1375 lose?a1513 to boil, roast, or wash a stonea1529 to lose (one's) oil1548 to plough the sand (also sands)a1565 to wash an ass's head (or ears)1581 to wash an Ethiop, a blackamoor (white)1581 to wash a wall of loam, a brick or tilea1600 to milk the bull (also he-goat, ram)1616 to bark against (or at) the moona1641 dead horse1640 to cast stones against the wind1657 dry-ditcha1670 baffle1860 to go, run or rush (a)round in circles1933 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > mistake [phrase] to miss the cushiona1529 to get, have, or take the (or a) wrong (or right) sow by the ear1546 to pray without one's beads1641 to have the wrong end of the stick?1793 to bark up the wrong tree1832 the boot (is) on the wrong leg or foot1834 to have another think coming1896 you have another guess coming1935 to be off the beam1941 blow1943 ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 98 Ȝef þu berkest aȝein þu art hundecunnes. 1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Rolls Ser.) VII. 443 Þey..dorste nouȝt berke [v.r. breke] for drede of oon man. ?1531 H. Latimer Let. in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) I. App. 118 That the Scripture & not the Translation, that ye bark against, calling it new lerning. c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) xvi. 110 Ȝe cry & berkis ilk ane contrar vthirs. a1641 T. Heywood & W. Rowley Fortune by Land & Sea i. i, in Wks. (1874) VI. 370 He hath such honourable friends to guard him, We should in that but bark against the moon. 1761 C. Churchill Apol. 15 Though Mimics bark, and Envy split her cheek. 1832 J. Hall Legends of West 46 You are barking up the wrong tree, Johnson. 1841 Congress. Globe 25 Jan. App. 153 The stockjobbers were barking up the wrong tree when they wrote those letters. 1855 Haliburton Hum. Nat. 124 in J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms If you think to run a rig on me, you have made a mistake in the child, and barked up the wrong tree. 1887 Notes & Queries 17 Sept. 221 Mr. Rye is barking up the wrong tree. 1899 S. R. Crockett Kit Kennedy xxii. 153 ‘Ouch..!’ barked Royal lumbering outwards like a great pot-walloping elephant through the shallows. 1961 Technology Feb. 31/1 Her researches show the Government to be barking up the wrong tree. extracted from barkv.¹ < as lemmas
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