| 单词 | to do mischief |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto do mischief a. Harm or evil considered as attributable to a particular agent or cause. Frequently to do mischief and variants (esp. in early use). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > [noun] burstc1000 harmOE scatheOE teenOE evil healc1175 waningc1175 hurt?c1225 quede?c1225 balec1275 damage1300 follyc1300 grill13.. ungain13.. torferc1325 eviltyc1330 wem1338 impairment1340 marring1357 unhend1377 sorrowc1380 pairingc1384 pairmentc1384 mischiefc1385 offencec1385 appairment1388 hindering1390 noyinga1398 bresta1400 envya1400 wemminga1400 gremec1400 wilc1400 blemishing1413 lesion?a1425 nocument?a1425 injuryc1430 mischieving1432 hindrance1436 detrimenta1440 ill1470 untroth1470 diversity1484 remordc1485 unhappinessc1485 grudge1491 wriguldy-wrag?1520 danger1530 dishort1535 perishment1540 wreaka1542 emperishment1545 impeachment1548 indemnity1556 impair1568 spoil1572 impeach1575 interestc1575 emblemishing1583 mishap1587 endamagement1593 blemishment1596 mischievance1600 damnificationa1631 oblesion1656 mishanter1754 vitiation1802 mar1876 jeel1887 c1385 G. Chaucer Knight's Tale 1326 I se a serpent or a theef, That many a trewe man hath doon mescheef, Goon at his large. c1500 Lyfe Roberte Deuyll 724 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. (1864) I. 247 Greate myscheyf haue I do, and muche yll; As to robbe and slea. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms lv. 3 They are mynded to do me some myschefe, so maliciously are they set agaynst me. 1542 H. Brinkelow Lamentacion sig. Dviii Ye haue..done most myschefe in shoting vp of Godes worde from the people. 1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream ii. i. 237 If thou followe mee, do not beleeue, But I shall doe thee mischiefe, in the wood. View more context for this quotation 1703 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion II. vi. 47 They..who had contrived the mischief. 1727 D. Defoe Syst. Magick i. iii. 74 The Devil is seldom out of call when he is wanted for any Mischief. 1817 W. Scott Rob Roy III. x. 296 It was hardly possible two such damned rascals should colleague together without mischief to honest people. 1857 J. Ruskin Polit. Econ. Art ii. 136 It is quite wonderful how much mischief may be done even by small capacity. 1872 T. Hardy Under Greenwood Tree I. ii. v. 186 Bless ye, my sonnies! 'tisn't the pa'son's move at all. That gentleman over there..is at the root of the mischief. 1890 S. S. Buckman John Darke's Sojourn in Cotteswolds xvi. 150 Er's harmless enow when he comes yereby, er 'oodn't do none mischy. 1909 Dundee Advertiser 24 Feb. 6/2 To advance purblindly upon the problem..is to intensify the mischief. 1975 A. MacLeish Let. 11 Mar. (1983) 437 Your generation is going to have to undo the mischief. to do mischief a. to do mischief: to cause trouble or harm.In early use frequently denoting serious disturbance, injury, etc.; now usually in milder sense. ΚΠ c1530 A. Barclay Egloges iii. sig. Pij v They haue no frendshyp, but conspyracyon And to do myschefe, confederacyon. 1642 T. Fuller Holy State v. i. 358 Those bullets which graze on the ground do most mischief to an army. 1726 Bp. J. Butler 15 Serm. ix. 164 Other Vices eventually do Mischief: This alone aims at it as an End. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian iii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. IV. 61 Hast no done mischief enow already, wi' thy murders and thy witcherings? 1874 E. P. Peabody Rec. Mr. Alcott's School 177 He thought an infant brought faith into the world with it; for when it did mischief, it always thought that its mother could mend it all. 1956 M. Dickens Angel in Corner xi. 210 She had a tactless tongue, but it came from an honest heart, not from a desire to do mischief. 1991 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Feb. 159/3 Happiness, however, has not tempered his urge to do mischief. < as lemmas |
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