英语词汇“to pick a hole in a person's coat”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

d. transitive. To make or form (a hole, flaw, etc.) by piercing or probing with a pointed instrument. to pick a hole (also holes) in (originally more fully as to pick a hole in a person's coat): (figurative) to criticize, find fault with.

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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > criticize [verb (transitive)] > captiously

upbraidc1290

bite1330

to gnap at1533

carp1550

cavil1581

carp1587

to pick at ——1603

to pick a hole (also holes) in1614

yark1621

vellicate1633

to peck at1641

snob1654

ploat1757

to get at ——1803

crab1819

to pick up1846

knock1892

snark1904

kvetchc1950

to pick nits1978

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1614 N. Breton I would, & would Not sig. C2^v I would I were a close promoting Mate, To picke a hole in each offenders Coat.

1616 S. S. Honest Lawyer ii Looke that your case be good, I shall picke a hole in't else.

1681 J. Flavell Method of Grace xxix. 503 The most envious and observing eyes..could not pick a hole..in any of his words or actions.

1704 J. Swift Tale of Tub Pref. 13 It seems, the Grandees of Church and State begin to fall under horrible Apprehensions, lest these Gentlemen during the Intervals of a long Peace, should find leisure to pick Holes in the weak sides of Religion and Government.

1753 W. Thornton Counterpoise 51 Many..mean to be against any Scheme that is offered, so lie in wait to pick Holes and run such Scheme down.

1789 E. Burd Let. 10 Dec. in Select. Lett. (1899) 154 But I am as certain that he would pick a hole in my Coat in a short time afterwards.

1805 ‘C. Caustic’ Democracy Unveiled v. 161 With Common and un-Common Law, In which no man could pick a flaw, He did..begin.

1849 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis (1850) I. ix. 89 Not being able to pick a hole in poor Miss Fotheringay's reputation.

1871 D. M. Mulock Fair France i. 4 We do not go to visit a neighbour, in order to pick holes in him and his establishment.

1872 ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch III. v. xlvi. 66 It's no use your puffing Brooke as a reforming landlord, Ladislaw: they only pick the more holes in his coat in the ‘Trumpet’.

1917 E. R. Burroughs Princess of Mars xi. 112 It was good logic.., and if it satisfied her I certainly could pick no flaws in it.

1935 M. Summers Playhouse of Pepys p. xi I believe..that the name will be approved by all save the exceptious, whose whole business it is to carp and cavil and pick holes.

1992 Times Lit. Suppl. 11 Dec. 14/1 Détente was riding high, and it was not fashionable to pick holes in the Soviet system.

β. 1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) at Pike Thou's ollas piking a hole i my cooat.

单词	to pick a hole in a person's coat
释义	> as lemmas to pick a hole in a person's coat d. transitive. To make or form (a hole, flaw, etc.) by piercing or probing with a pointed instrument. to pick a hole (also holes) in (originally more fully as to pick a hole in a person's coat): (figurative) to criticize, find fault with. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > criticize [verb (transitive)] > captiously upbraidc1290 bite1330 to gnap at1533 carp1550 cavil1581 carp1587 to pick at ——1603 to pick a hole (also holes) in1614 yark1621 vellicate1633 to peck at1641 snob1654 ploat1757 to get at ——1803 crab1819 to pick up1846 knock1892 snark1904 kvetchc1950 to pick nits1978 α. 1614 N. Breton I would, & would Not sig. C2^v I would I were a close promoting Mate, To picke a hole in each offenders Coat. 1616 S. S. Honest Lawyer ii Looke that your case be good, I shall picke a hole in't else. 1681 J. Flavell Method of Grace xxix. 503 The most envious and observing eyes..could not pick a hole..in any of his words or actions. 1704 J. Swift Tale of Tub Pref. 13 It seems, the Grandees of Church and State begin to fall under horrible Apprehensions, lest these Gentlemen during the Intervals of a long Peace, should find leisure to pick Holes in the weak sides of Religion and Government. 1753 W. Thornton Counterpoise 51 Many..mean to be against any Scheme that is offered, so lie in wait to pick Holes and run such Scheme down. 1789 E. Burd Let. 10 Dec. in Select. Lett. (1899) 154 But I am as certain that he would pick a hole in my Coat in a short time afterwards. 1805 ‘C. Caustic’ Democracy Unveiled v. 161 With Common and un-Common Law, In which no man could pick a flaw, He did..begin. 1849 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis (1850) I. ix. 89 Not being able to pick a hole in poor Miss Fotheringay's reputation. 1871 D. M. Mulock Fair France i. 4 We do not go to visit a neighbour, in order to pick holes in him and his establishment. 1872 ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch III. v. xlvi. 66 It's no use your puffing Brooke as a reforming landlord, Ladislaw: they only pick the more holes in his coat in the ‘Trumpet’. 1917 E. R. Burroughs Princess of Mars xi. 112 It was good logic.., and if it satisfied her I certainly could pick no flaws in it. 1935 M. Summers Playhouse of Pepys p. xi I believe..that the name will be approved by all save the exceptious, whose whole business it is to carp and cavil and pick holes. 1992 Times Lit. Suppl. 11 Dec. 14/1 Détente was riding high, and it was not fashionable to pick holes in the Soviet system. β. 1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) at Pike Thou's ollas piking a hole i my cooat. extracted from pickv.¹ < as lemmas
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