| 单词 | to pull to bits |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto pull to bits c. transitive. to pull to (or in) pieces: to separate the parts of by force; to take or rip apart; to destroy, demolish; (figurative) to criticize harshly; to demolish (an argument, opinion, etc.) (cf. to pick to pieces at pick v.1 6a). Similarly to pull to bits, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > tearing or tearing apart > tear [verb (transitive)] > tear apart to-loukc890 to-braidc893 to-tearc893 to-teec893 to-rendc950 to-breakc1200 to-tugc1220 to-lima1225 rivea1250 to-drawa1250 to-tosea1250 drawa1300 rendc1300 to-rit13.. to-rivec1300 to-tusec1300 rakea1325 renta1325 to-pullc1330 to-tightc1330 tirec1374 halea1398 lacerate?a1425 to-renta1425 yryve1426 raga1450 to pull to (or in) piecesc1450 ravec1450 discerp1483 pluck1526 rip1530 decerp1531 rift1534 dilaniate1535 rochec1540 rack1549 teasea1550 berend1577 distract1585 ream1587 distrain1590 unrive1592 unseam1592 outrive1598 divulse1602 dilacerate1604 harrow1604 tatter1608 mammocka1616 uprentc1620 divell1628 divellicate1638 seam-rend1647 proscind1659 skail1768 screeda1785 spret1832 to tear to shreds1837 ribbon1897 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > criticize [verb (transitive)] > severely to be sharp upon1561 crossbite1571 scarify1582 canvass1590 maul1592 slasha1652 fib1665 to be severe on (or upon)1672 scalp1676 to pull to (or in) pieces1703 roast1710 to cut up1762 tomahawk1815 to blow sky-high1819 row1826 excoriate1833 scourge1835 target1837 slate1848 scathe1852 to take apart1880 soak1892 pan1908 burn1914 slam1916 sandbag1919 to put the blast on (someone)1929 to tear down1938 clobber1944 handbag1952 rip1961 monster1976 c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1905) II. 311 (MED) All þe doggis..pullid hur all to gobettis, so þat vnnethis þe husbandis myght dyng þaim away. 1534 N. Udall Floures for Latine Spekynge gathered oute of Terence f. 85v I vnfortunat body am brought in misery, & in maner pulled in pieces through the craftines & suttiltie of this naughtie felow. 1557 Bible (Whittingham) Acts xxiii. 10 The Captaine, fearing lest Paul should haue bene pulled in pieces of them, commanded the soldiers [etc.]. 1615 G. Markham Eng. House-wife (1660) 92 Pull it all in pieces, and hurl in a good quantity of currants. 1678 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 45 Just before us lye a couple of Lyons..and we could not think..but they would presently pull us in pieces . View more context for this quotation 1703 N. Rowe Fair Penitent Ded. sig. A4 Publick Conversations, where every Body pulls and is pull'd to pieces. 1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 251 The complexional disposition of some of your guides to pull every thing in pieces . View more context for this quotation 1833 H. Martineau Loom & Lugger ii. v. 87 Allowed to pull rushen seats to pieces. 1852 New Monthly Mag. Dec. 428 This neo-Christian Socrates is commissioned to pull to pieces the tenet of Protagoras the sophist. 1941 H. L. Mencken Diary 27 July (1989) 157 Now the brats of the Okeys dig them up and pull the shrubs to pieces. 1970 J. Bakewell & N. Garnham New Priesthood iv. 44 We would..sit down with him, pull his script to bits, send it away, come back, try again, try it on an editor, [etc.]. 1988 Coarse Fishing June 24/2 When he suggests something, I ridicule it, pull it to pieces and then find that I'm more keen..than he is. 2002 T. Tokoo Bodleian Shelley MSS XXIII. 25/2 These notebooks..might be pulled to pieces, partially or wholly, so that the written leaves could be sent off in batches for use as printers' copy. < as lemmas |
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