| 单词 | to lick whole |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto lick whole e. With adjective complement expressing the result, e.g. to lick clean. †to lick whole: to heal of wounds or sores by licking; in quots. figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > amending > restoration > restoration of a person > recovery from misfortune, error, etc. > [verb (reflexive)] recover1485 to lick whole1581 1581 Compendious Exam. Certayne Ordinary Complaints i. f. 11 If any..men haue licked themselues whole, yee be the same. 1596 Bp. W. Barlow tr. L. Lavater Three Christian Serm. i. 129 Who vnder a shew of licking them whole, suck out euen their hart blood. 1607 S. Hieron Spirituall Sonne-ship in Wks. (1620) I. 366 It is not a limme of Satan which is wounded; he might then licke himselfe whole. 1670 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Prov. 211 And yet betwixt them both, they lick't the platters clean. 1681 J. Dryden Spanish Fryar ii. iv. 28 If there were no more in Excommunication then the Churche's Censure, a Wise man wou'd lick his Conscience whole with a wet finger. 1712 J. Arbuthnot Lewis Baboon iv. vi. 26 He would quickly lick himself whole again by his Vails. < as lemmas |
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