| 单词 | to eviscerate one's brains |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto eviscerate one's brains b. reflexive of the spider. Also figurative. †to eviscerate one's brains. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Arachnida > [verb (reflexive)] > disembowel eviscerate1621 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy i. ii. iii. xiv. 165 If he be a Scholler so commended for his much reading,..hee will eviscerate himselfe like a spider, study himselfe to death. 1623 W. Drummond Cypresse Groue in Flowres of Sion 52 The Spider..for the weauing of a scornfull web eviscerateth it selfe many dayes. 1633 T. Adams Comm. 2 Peter (ii. 5) 591 A spider eviscerates herselfe, spends her owne bowels in making a webbe to catch a flie. 1654 J. Trapp Comm. Job xxxii. 11 Your..most elaborate demonstrations, for the which you had eviscerated your brains. < as lemmas |
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