单词 | to pieces |
释义 | > as lemmasto pieces a. to pieces: into fragments; apart, asunder; (figurative) into a state of disorganization, confusion, or ruin. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or breaking up into constituent parts > into (small) pieces [phrase] in (also into, on, a) piecesa1275 (all) to shiversc1275 to piecesc1300 asundera1325 to set in sunderc1325 in sunderc1390 in, into shredsc1400 in small1419 in piecemeal?a1425 in piecemealsa1470 by piecemeals1576 in shivers1589 in or into splinters1612 c1300 St. Oswald (Laud) 24 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 46 And to-brak it al to smale peces. c1330 (?c1300) Bevis of Hampton (Auch.) 790 (MED) On þe scholder he smot þe bor; His spere barst to pises þore. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 6542 (MED) Þe tables þat in hand he bare To pees [a1400 Fairf. in peces] he þam brak. a1475 (?a1350) Seege Troye (Harl.) (1927) 1761 (MED) Houndis myght gnawyn him to pecis. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) cxvii. 419 Our shyp brast all to pecys. 1588 T. Hariot Briefe Rep. Virginia sig. C2 They make them victuall..by boyling them all to pieces into a broth. 1615 T. Adams Blacke Devill 46 It shall breake to peeces, like a pot-sheard. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. xiv. 321/1 Others have a softer Shell, or a tender or brittle Crust: which are easily bruised and broken to peeces. 1700 Moxon's Mech. Exercises: Bricklayers-wks. 16 Pulling the Building to pieces after it is begun. 1740 S. Richardson Pamela I. 144 She has huffed poor Mr. Williams all to-pieces. 1815 A. Plumptre tr. H. Lichtenstein Trav. S. Afr. (1930) II. 82 Every sort of vegetable which, like cabbage, spinage or sorrel, is cut to pieces and dressed with Cayenne pepper. 1880 M. E. Braddon Just as I Am xix We should tumble to pieces without you. 1923 H. Crane Let. 21 July (1965) 140 The center of such pain as would tear me to pieces to tell you about. 1993 R. Lowe & W. Shaw Travellers 46 The trailer just fell off the back of the truck that was towing it and got smashed to pieces. (all) to pieces e. (all) to pieces: to a great degree, completely, through and through. Now colloquial. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > completely [phrase] > thoroughly > from beginning to end or through and through to the boneOE through and throughc1225 out and outc1300 from top to tail1303 out and inc1390 (from) head to heel (also heels)c1400 (from) head to foot (also feet)c1425 from top to (into, unto) toec1425 to the skin1526 to one's (also the) finger (also fingers') ends1530 from first to last1536 up and down1542 whole out1562 to the pith1587 to the back1594 from A to (also until) Z1612 from clew to earing1627 from top to bottom1666 back and edge1673 all hollow1762 (all) to pieces1788 from A to Za1821 to one's (also the) fingertips1825 to one's fingernails1851 from tip to toe1853 down to the ground1859 to the backbone1864 right the way1867 pur sang1893 from the ground up1895 in and out1895 from soda (card) to hock1902 1788 ‘P. Pindar’ Proœmium in Wks. 366 'Tis most extraordinary then, all this is—It beats Pinetti's conjuring all to pieces. 1840 C. F. Hoffman Greyslaer I. i. x. 114 I know the ground here all to pieces. 1892 W. G. Lyttle Ballycuddy 79 She wud a pleesed ye a' tae pieces, an' wud a been charmed tae a haen a minister fur a son-in-law. 1925 Dial. Notes 5 325 I knows un all to pieces. 1958 L. Uris Exodus iii. iii. 351 Ari! I love you to pieces! 1989 B. A. Mason Love Life 123 I just love him to pieces. < as lemmas |
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