英语词汇“to out-herod herod”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

transitive. Originally (in to out-Herod Herod): to outdo (Herod) in cruelty, evil, extravagance, etc. Later (in weakened use): to be more extreme or outrageous than (sometimes without the implication of viciousness). Chiefly with allusion to Shakespeare's use (quot. 1604).

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to out-Herod Herod1604

1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iii. ii. 14 I would haue such a Fellow whipt for o're-dooing Termagant, it out Herod's Herod [1603 It out, Herodes Herod], pray you auoyde it.

1744 Gentleman's Mag. Oct. 543/2 Avengers under the name of governors, who, as Shakespear says, may out-herod Herod; who may introduce mischiefs and authorize enormities.

1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle IV. cii. 112 I think I have seen that player out-herod Herod, or, in other words, exceed all his other extravagances.

1789 ‘A. Pasquin’ Children of Thespis in Poems II. 35 For his zeal damns his aims in this tragic employment, As rakes from excess lose the edge of enjoyment: He out-herods Herod.

1819 Metropolis (ed. 2) I. 172 Out-heroding the French cavaliers in compliment and in extravagance.

1853 C. Kingsley A. Smith & A. Pope in Misc. (1860) I. 276 As for manner, he [sc. Alexander Smith] does sometimes, in imitating his models, out-Herod Herod.

1881 R. L. Stevenson Virginibus Puerisque i. 15 Sometimes, alas! the calmest man is carried away in the torrent, bandies adjectives with the best, and out-Herods Herod for some shameful moments.

1921 Times Lit. Suppl. 10 Feb. 84/3 The ecclesiastical functionaries of their own Church, who out-heroded the Daughter of the Horse-leech or the very mosquitoes themselves in their demands upon the substance of the faithful.

1995 Extrapolation Spring 21 Plummer gleefully out-Herods Herod in declaiming Shakespearean tags.

单词	to out-herod herod
释义	> as lemmas to out-Herod Herod transitive. Originally (in to out-Herod Herod): to outdo (Herod) in cruelty, evil, extravagance, etc. Later (in weakened use): to be more extreme or outrageous than (sometimes without the implication of viciousness). Chiefly with allusion to Shakespeare's use (quot. 1604). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > treat violently [verb (transitive)] > outdo in violent behaviour to out-Herod Herod1604 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iii. ii. 14 I would haue such a Fellow whipt for o're-dooing Termagant, it out Herod's Herod [1603 It out, Herodes Herod], pray you auoyde it. 1744 Gentleman's Mag. Oct. 543/2 Avengers under the name of governors, who, as Shakespear says, may out-herod Herod; who may introduce mischiefs and authorize enormities. 1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle IV. cii. 112 I think I have seen that player out-herod Herod, or, in other words, exceed all his other extravagances. 1789 ‘A. Pasquin’ Children of Thespis in Poems II. 35 For his zeal damns his aims in this tragic employment, As rakes from excess lose the edge of enjoyment: He out-herods Herod. 1819 Metropolis (ed. 2) I. 172 Out-heroding the French cavaliers in compliment and in extravagance. 1853 C. Kingsley A. Smith & A. Pope in Misc. (1860) I. 276 As for manner, he [sc. Alexander Smith] does sometimes, in imitating his models, out-Herod Herod. 1881 R. L. Stevenson Virginibus Puerisque i. 15 Sometimes, alas! the calmest man is carried away in the torrent, bandies adjectives with the best, and out-Herods Herod for some shameful moments. 1921 Times Lit. Suppl. 10 Feb. 84/3 The ecclesiastical functionaries of their own Church, who out-heroded the Daughter of the Horse-leech or the very mosquitoes themselves in their demands upon the substance of the faithful. 1995 Extrapolation Spring 21 Plummer gleefully out-Herods Herod in declaiming Shakespearean tags. extracted from out-Herodv. < as lemmas
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