| 单词 | to do a mischief |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto do (a person, oneself) a mischief b. to do (a person, oneself) a mischief: to injure or harm (a person). ΚΠ c1430 (c1386) G. Chaucer Legend Good Women 2331 This false thef Hath don this lady yit a more myschef. 1684 W. Aspin Envious Man's Char. 24 An envious man takes his advantage of doing us a mischief when we are least aware of him. 1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random I. xxiv. 223 The captain was mainly wroth, and would certainly have done him a mischief. 1898 T. Watts-Dunton Aylwin iii. i She's got the real witch's eye, and can do you a mischief in a twink, if she likes. 1992 Pract. Householder Nov. 55/1 Among people who had an accident while ‘doing-it-themselves’, most did themselves a mischief by..cutting or pinching a part of their anatomy. < as lemmas |
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