单词 | to make shipwreck of |
释义 | > as lemmasto make shipwreck of 4. to make shipwreck of (archaic): extracted from shipwreckn. a. To suffer the loss of. to make shipwreck of a good conscience (with allusion to 1 Timothy i. 19, see quot. 1526 at sense 3) was formerly frequent. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > loss > lose [verb (transitive)] losec950 forgarc1175 letc1200 leese?c1225 forgoc1275 tinec1300 wanta1425 lessena1500 becosta1522 amit1525 perish1531 to make shipwreck of1588 to come short of1690 1588 J. Udall Demonstr. Trueth of Discipline sig. A3v He shalbe molested, till..by your tyrannous dealing, hee haue made shipwrack of a good conscience. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. xii. sig. Z7v Such..Did..make shipwrack violent, Both of their life, and fame. 1656 R. Sanderson 20 Serm. 21 When we have made shipwrack of our Consciences, we fall into the hands of God. 1683 W. Kennett tr. Erasmus Witt against Wisdom 60 They have thrown away their whole Estate, and made shipwrack of all they have. 1785 W. Cowper Task iii. 58 Forsaking thee, what shipwreck have we made Of honour, dignity, and fair renown! 1799 H. More Strict. Mod. Syst. Fem. Educ. (ed. 4) I. 14 In the company of certain women of good fashion and no ill fame, he makes shipwreck of his religion. c1800 H. K. White Rem. (1837) 348 Lest I should make shipwreck of my hope. 1875 W. D. Whitney Life & Growth of Lang. xiv. 284 He who..leaves this force out of account, cannot but make utter shipwreck of his whole linguistic philosophy. b. To bring to destruction or total ruin. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > bring to ruin or put an end to undoc950 shendOE forfarea1000 endc1000 to do awayOE aquenchc1175 slayc1175 slayc1175 stathea1200 tinea1300 to-spilla1300 batec1300 bleschea1325 honisha1325 leesea1325 wastec1325 stanch1338 corrumpa1340 destroy1340 to put awayc1350 dissolvec1374 supplanta1382 to-shend1382 aneantizec1384 avoidc1384 to put outa1398 beshenda1400 swelta1400 amortizec1405 distract1413 consumec1425 shelfc1425 abroge1427 downthringc1430 kill1435 poisonc1450 defeat1474 perish1509 to blow away1523 abrogatea1529 to prick (also turn, pitch) over the perka1529 dash?1529 to bring (also send) to (the) pot1531 put in the pot1531 wipea1538 extermine1539 fatec1540 peppera1550 disappoint1563 to put (also set) beside the saddle1563 to cut the throat of1565 to throw (also turn, etc.) over the perch1568 to make a hand of (also on, with)1569 demolish1570 to break the neck of1576 to make shipwreck of1577 spoil1578 to knock on (in) the head (also rarely at head)1579 cipher1589 ruinate1590 to cut off by the shins1592 shipwreck1599 exterminate1605 finish1611 damnify1612 ravel1614 braina1616 stagger1629 unrivet1630 consummate1634 pulverizea1640 baffle1649 devil1652 to blow up1660 feague1668 shatter1683 cook1708 to die away1748 to prove fatal (to)1759 to knock up1764 to knock (or kick) the hindsight out or off1834 to put the kibosh on1834 to cook (rarely do) one's goose1835 kibosh1841 to chaw up1843 cooper1851 to jack up1870 scuttle1888 to bugger up1891 jigger1895 torpedo1895 on the fritz1900 to put paid to1901 rot1908 down and out1916 scuppera1918 to put the skids under1918 stonker1919 liquidate1924 to screw up1933 cruel1934 to dig the grave of1934 pox1935 blow1936 to hit for six1937 to piss up1937 to dust off1938 zap1976 1577 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Islande Brit. iii. i. f. 94/2, in R. Holinshed Chron. I It was not long ere open shipwracke was made of this religious obseruation. 1825 W. Scott Talisman viii, in Tales Crusaders III. 190 Worthy were I to die like a dog, did I proceed rashly..and make shipwreck of the weal of Christendom. < as lemmas |
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