英语词汇“to give up the ghost”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. colloquial. to give up the ghost and variants. [Compare Middle Low German sīnen geist upgeven, Middle High German sīnen geist ūfgeben (German seinen Geist aufgeben, (now usually) den Geist aufgeben), and also Middle Dutch sinen geest geven to give one's ghost, den geest begeven to forsake the ghost, Gode den geest geven to give the ghost to God (Dutch de geest geven).]

(a) Of a person or animal: to die. Cf. sense A. 1.Quot. OE shows prefixed agive v.

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the world > life > death > [verb (intransitive)]

forsweltc888

sweltc888

adeadeOE

deadc950

wendeOE

i-wite971

starveOE

witea1000

forfereOE

forthfareOE

forworthc1000

to go (also depart , pass, i-wite, chare) out of this worldOE

queleOE

fallOE

to take (also nim, underfo) (the) deathOE

to shed (one's own) blood?a1100

diec1135

endc1175

farec1175

to give up the ghostc1175

letc1200

aswelta1250

leavea1250

to-sweltc1275

to-worthc1275

to yield (up) the ghost (soul, breath, life, spirit)c1290

finea1300

spilla1300

part?1316

to leese one's life-daysa1325

to nim the way of deathc1325

to tine, leave, lose the sweatc1330

flit1340

trance1340

determinec1374

disperisha1382

to go the way of all the eartha1382

to be gathered to one's fathers1382

miscarryc1387

shut1390

goa1393

to die upa1400

expirea1400

fleea1400

to pass awaya1400

to seek out of lifea1400–50

to sye hethena1400

tinea1400

trespass14..

espirec1430

to end one's days?a1439

decease1439

to go away?a1450

ungoc1450

unlivec1450

to change one's lifea1470

vade1495

depart1501

to pay one's debt to (also the debt of) naturea1513

to decease this world1515

to go over?1520

jet1530

vade1530

to go westa1532

to pick over the perch1532

galpa1535

to die the death1535

to depart to God1548

to go home1561

mort1568

inlaikc1575

shuffle1576

finish1578

to hop (also tip, pitch over, drop off, etc.) the perch1587

relent1587

unbreathe1589

transpass1592

to lose one's breath1596

to make a die (of it)1611

to go offa1616

fail1623

to go out1635

to peak over the percha1641

exita1652

drop1654

to knock offa1657

to kick upa1658

to pay nature her due1657

ghost1666

to march off1693

to die off1697

pike1697

to drop off1699

tip (over) the perch1699

to pass (also go, be called, etc.) to one's reward1703

sink1718

vent1718

to launch into eternity1719

to join the majority1721

demise1727

to pack off1735

to slip one's cable1751

turf1763

to move off1764

to pop off the hooks1764

to hop off1797

to pass on1805

to go to glory1814

sough1816

to hand in one's accounts1817

to slip one's breatha1819

croak1819

to slip one's wind1819

stiffen1820

weed1824

buy1825

to drop short1826

to fall (a) prey (also victim, sacrifice) to1839

to get one's (also the) call1839

to drop (etc.) off the hooks1840

to unreeve one's lifeline1840

to step out1844

to cash, pass or send in one's checks1845

to hand in one's checks1845

to go off the handle1848

to go under1848

succumb1849

to turn one's toes up1851

to peg out1852

walk1858

snuff1864

to go or be up the flume1865

to pass outc1867

to cash in one's chips1870

to go (also pass over) to the majority1883

to cash in1884

to cop it1884

snuff1885

to belly up1886

perch1886

to kick the bucket1889

off1890

to knock over1892

to pass over1897

to stop one1901

to pass in1904

to hand in one's marble1911

the silver cord is loosed1911

pip1913

to cross over1915

conk1917

to check out1921

to kick off1921

to pack up1925

to step off1926

to take the ferry1928

peg1931

to meet one's Maker1933

to kiss off1935

to crease it1959

zonk1968

cark1977

to cark it1979

to take a dirt nap1981

OE Old Eng. Martyrol. (Julius) 18 Apr. (2013) 82 Se casere hi het gemartyrian, ond God wuldriende heo ageaf hire gast.]

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) 8111 He ȝaff hiss fule gast, To farenn inntill helle.

c1300 St. Martin (Laud) l. 257 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 456 With þusse worde he ȝaf þene gost.

a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Matt. xxvii. 50 Jhesus eftsoone criede with a greet voyce, and ȝaf vp the goost [E.V. c1384 Douce 369(2) sente out the spirit; L. emisit spiritum].

1574 J. Higgins 1st Pt. Mirour for Magistrates Albanacte lxviii He gasped thryse, and gaue away the ghost.

a1649 A. Weldon Cat may look upon King (1652) 80 Hee instantly gave up the ghost with these words, Gods wounds, I am slain!

1746 J. Hervey Medit. among Tombs 10 It was his last Wish..He breathed it out, and gave up the Ghost.

1879 F. T. Pollok Sport Brit. Burmah I. 127 A tiger..shot through the heart..is still capable of killing half-a-dozen men before giving up the ghost.

1978 A. Desai Devoted Son in Games at Twilight (1982) 73 His mother died soon after, giving up the ghost with a sigh that sounded positively happy, for it was her own son who ministered to her in her last illness.

2020 Nation (Nigeria) (Nexis) 1 May [She] was so seriously sick that many of her colleagues thought she would give up the ghost.

(b) figurative. Of a thing: to end, to stop working, to fall down, etc.

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1589 tr. Restorer of French Estate vii. 158 Whatsoeuer good affection or minde they had, it gaue vp the ghost at least when this goodly enterprise of the league began.

a1638 J. Mede Apostasy Latter Times (1641) i. 84 With Augustulus it [sc. the Roman Empire] gave up the ghost.

1758 W. Taylor in Coll. Poems Several Hands VI. 125 My vessels, thou know'st, No sooner are tap'd, but they give up the ghost.

1892 Idler Sept. 220 The old mill..has tumbled down and given up the ghost.

1958 New Scientist 20 Nov. 1324/3 A simple, mass-produced car..must be expected to give up the ghost to a procession of rattlings and bonkings soon after it has travelled 50,000 miles.

2013 Independent on Sunday 10 Nov. 55/5 The path gives up the ghost altogether at times and I reach down between huge boulders that fill the gully.

单词	to give up the ghost
释义	> as lemmas to give up the ghost a. colloquial. to give up the ghost and variants. [Compare Middle Low German sīnen geist upgeven, Middle High German sīnen geist ūfgeben (German seinen Geist aufgeben, (now usually) den Geist aufgeben), and also Middle Dutch sinen geest geven to give one's ghost, den geest begeven to forsake the ghost, Gode den geest geven to give the ghost to God (Dutch de geest geven).] (a) Of a person or animal: to die. Cf. sense A. 1.Quot. OE shows prefixed agive v. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > [verb (intransitive)] forsweltc888 sweltc888 adeadeOE deadc950 wendeOE i-wite971 starveOE witea1000 forfereOE forthfareOE forworthc1000 to go (also depart , pass, i-wite, chare) out of this worldOE queleOE fallOE to take (also nim, underfo) (the) deathOE to shed (one's own) blood?a1100 diec1135 endc1175 farec1175 to give up the ghostc1175 letc1200 aswelta1250 leavea1250 to-sweltc1275 to-worthc1275 to yield (up) the ghost (soul, breath, life, spirit)c1290 finea1300 spilla1300 part?1316 to leese one's life-daysa1325 to nim the way of deathc1325 to tine, leave, lose the sweatc1330 flit1340 trance1340 determinec1374 disperisha1382 to go the way of all the eartha1382 to be gathered to one's fathers1382 miscarryc1387 shut1390 goa1393 to die upa1400 expirea1400 fleea1400 to pass awaya1400 to seek out of lifea1400–50 to sye hethena1400 tinea1400 trespass14.. espirec1430 to end one's days?a1439 decease1439 to go away?a1450 ungoc1450 unlivec1450 to change one's lifea1470 vade1495 depart1501 to pay one's debt to (also the debt of) naturea1513 to decease this world1515 to go over?1520 jet1530 vade1530 to go westa1532 to pick over the perch1532 galpa1535 to die the death1535 to depart to God1548 to go home1561 mort1568 inlaikc1575 shuffle1576 finish1578 to hop (also tip, pitch over, drop off, etc.) the perch1587 relent1587 unbreathe1589 transpass1592 to lose one's breath1596 to make a die (of it)1611 to go offa1616 fail1623 to go out1635 to peak over the percha1641 exita1652 drop1654 to knock offa1657 to kick upa1658 to pay nature her due1657 ghost1666 to march off1693 to die off1697 pike1697 to drop off1699 tip (over) the perch1699 to pass (also go, be called, etc.) to one's reward1703 sink1718 vent1718 to launch into eternity1719 to join the majority1721 demise1727 to pack off1735 to slip one's cable1751 turf1763 to move off1764 to pop off the hooks1764 to hop off1797 to pass on1805 to go to glory1814 sough1816 to hand in one's accounts1817 to slip one's breatha1819 croak1819 to slip one's wind1819 stiffen1820 weed1824 buy1825 to drop short1826 to fall (a) prey (also victim, sacrifice) to1839 to get one's (also the) call1839 to drop (etc.) off the hooks1840 to unreeve one's lifeline1840 to step out1844 to cash, pass or send in one's checks1845 to hand in one's checks1845 to go off the handle1848 to go under1848 succumb1849 to turn one's toes up1851 to peg out1852 walk1858 snuff1864 to go or be up the flume1865 to pass outc1867 to cash in one's chips1870 to go (also pass over) to the majority1883 to cash in1884 to cop it1884 snuff1885 to belly up1886 perch1886 to kick the bucket1889 off1890 to knock over1892 to pass over1897 to stop one1901 to pass in1904 to hand in one's marble1911 the silver cord is loosed1911 pip1913 to cross over1915 conk1917 to check out1921 to kick off1921 to pack up1925 to step off1926 to take the ferry1928 peg1931 to meet one's Maker1933 to kiss off1935 to crease it1959 zonk1968 cark1977 to cark it1979 to take a dirt nap1981 OE Old Eng. Martyrol. (Julius) 18 Apr. (2013) 82 Se casere hi het gemartyrian, ond God wuldriende heo ageaf hire gast.] c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) 8111 He ȝaff hiss fule gast, To farenn inntill helle. c1300 St. Martin (Laud) l. 257 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 456 With þusse worde he ȝaf þene gost. a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Matt. xxvii. 50 Jhesus eftsoone criede with a greet voyce, and ȝaf vp the goost [E.V. c1384 Douce 369(2) sente out the spirit; L. emisit spiritum]. 1574 J. Higgins 1st Pt. Mirour for Magistrates Albanacte lxviii He gasped thryse, and gaue away the ghost. a1649 A. Weldon Cat may look upon King (1652) 80 Hee instantly gave up the ghost with these words, Gods wounds, I am slain! 1746 J. Hervey Medit. among Tombs 10 It was his last Wish..He breathed it out, and gave up the Ghost. 1879 F. T. Pollok Sport Brit. Burmah I. 127 A tiger..shot through the heart..is still capable of killing half-a-dozen men before giving up the ghost. 1978 A. Desai Devoted Son in Games at Twilight (1982) 73 His mother died soon after, giving up the ghost with a sigh that sounded positively happy, for it was her own son who ministered to her in her last illness. 2020 Nation (Nigeria) (Nexis) 1 May [She] was so seriously sick that many of her colleagues thought she would give up the ghost. (b) figurative. Of a thing: to end, to stop working, to fall down, etc. ΚΠ 1589 tr. Restorer of French Estate vii. 158 Whatsoeuer good affection or minde they had, it gaue vp the ghost at least when this goodly enterprise of the league began. a1638 J. Mede Apostasy Latter Times (1641) i. 84 With Augustulus it [sc. the Roman Empire] gave up the ghost. 1758 W. Taylor in Coll. Poems Several Hands VI. 125 My vessels, thou know'st, No sooner are tap'd, but they give up the ghost. 1892 Idler Sept. 220 The old mill..has tumbled down and given up the ghost. 1958 New Scientist 20 Nov. 1324/3 A simple, mass-produced car..must be expected to give up the ghost to a procession of rattlings and bonkings soon after it has travelled 50,000 miles. 2013 Independent on Sunday 10 Nov. 55/5 The path gives up the ghost altogether at times and I reach down between huge boulders that fill the gully. extracted from ghostn.adj. < as lemmas
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