| 单词 | to drink of the cup of sorrow |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto drink of the cup of sorrow c. Const. of (rarely †upon) the liquid or source of supply. literal and figurative. to drink of the cup of sorrow, etc.: see cup n. 9. ΚΠ c1000 Ælfric Genesis ix. 21 Þa he dranc of ðam wine, ða wearþ he druncen. c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 111 He dranc of deðes flode. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 15241 Drinkeþ [Vesp. drinckes] alle of þis he seide. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos 4 I suppose he hath dronken of Elycons well. 1548 Order of Communion sig. A.iv To geue vs his said bodye & bloude..to fede and drynke vpon. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 584 Lethe..whereof who drinks, Forthwith his former state and being forgets. View more context for this quotation 1751 Earl of Chatham Lett. to Nephew (1804) ii. 7 Drink as deep as you can of these divine springs. 1884 Ld. Tennyson Becket i. iv. 75 Ye have eaten of my dish and drunken of my cup for a dozen years. < as lemmas |
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