单词 | to carve to |
释义 | > as lemmasto carve to a. intransitive. To cut up meat at table. †to carve to: to serve, ‘help’ (any one at a meal). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > preparation of meat > prepare meat [verb (intransitive)] > carve carvea1300 the world > food and drink > food > serving food > [verb (transitive)] > serve person servec1275 to serve forth1381 rewarda1495 to carve toa1533 to serve in1629 help1688 a1300 K. Horn 233 Tech him..Biuore me to kerue, And of the cupe serue. c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 100 He..carf biforn his fader at the table. 1484 W. Caxton tr. Ordre of Chyualry (1926) ii. 21 Euery man that wylle come to knyghthode hym behoueth to lerne in his yongthe to kerue at the table. a1533 Ld. Berners tr. Arthur of Brytayn (?1560) lxvii. sig. Qiii There Gouernar carued to the lady ryght goodly with his knyfe. 1627 R. Sanderson Ten Serm. 276 Giue them from your owne, but doe not carue them from anothers trencher. 1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. iii. v. sig. R5v (heading) Upon his being Carv'd to at a Feast. 1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. ii. iii. 56 A Bit of Meat..out of which I carved for my self. 1751 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 11 Feb. (1932) (modernized text) IV. 1681 A man who tells you gravely that he cannot carve. 1868 Queen Victoria Jrnl. 148 General Grey and Lady Churchill carved. < as lemmas |
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