英语词汇“to set teeth on edge”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. to set (a person's) teeth on edge: ‘to cause an unpleasant tingling in the teeth’ (Johnson). Also figurative. Also (rarely) out of edge, in same sense.It is not quite clear what is the precise notion originally expressed in this phrase. The earlier expression was to edge the teeth (see edge v.¹ 3); in the passage Ezek. xviii. 2 the Vulgate has obstupescere to be benumbed.

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the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > be displeased with [verb (transitive)] > displease

mislikeeOE

ofthinkeOE

misquemeOE

likec1175

forthinka1225

mispay?c1225

annoyc1300

there glads (also gains, games) him no gleec1300

unpay1340

offenda1382

to be displeasedc1386

to step or tread on the toes ofc1394

mispleasea1400

unlikea1425

edgec1450

injurea1492

discontenta1513

disdain1530

to set (a person's) teeth on edge1535

displeasure1541

mis-set?1553

dislike1578

to tread on any one's heels or toes1710

flisk1792

unentrance1834

to tread on any one's cornsa1855

umbragea1894

1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Ezek. xviii. 2 And the teeth of sones wexen on egge.

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvii. clxxxii. 1077 A grene grape..smyteþ þe synewes and rootes of teeþ wiþ colde so þat þey maketh teeþ an egge.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Jer. xxxi. 29 Y^e fathers haue eaten a sower grape, and the childrens teth are set on edge.

1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball v. xx. 576 The same eaten rawe are good against the teeth being set on edge.

1580 J. Lyly Euphues & his Eng. (new ed.) f. 24 They make the teeth an edge.

1585 J. Higgins tr. Junius Nomenclator 428 Dentium stupor, a bluntness of the teeth, when with eating of..sowre things they be out of edge.

1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 iii. i. 129 That would set my teeth nothing an edge. Nothing so much as minsing poetry.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iv. iii. 7 Set my pugging tooth an edge .

1741 A. Monro Anat. Human Bones (ed. 3) 162 How come they..to be set on Edge by Acids.

1839 T. Carlyle Chartism iv. 31 The strong have eaten sour grapes, and the teeth of the weak are set on edge.

单词	to set teeth on edge
释义	> as lemmas to set (a person's) teeth on edge a. to set (a person's) teeth on edge: ‘to cause an unpleasant tingling in the teeth’ (Johnson). Also figurative. Also (rarely) out of edge, in same sense.It is not quite clear what is the precise notion originally expressed in this phrase. The earlier expression was to edge the teeth (see edge v.¹ 3); in the passage Ezek. xviii. 2 the Vulgate has obstupescere to be benumbed. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > be displeased with [verb (transitive)] > displease mislikeeOE ofthinkeOE misquemeOE likec1175 forthinka1225 mispay?c1225 annoyc1300 there glads (also gains, games) him no gleec1300 unpay1340 offenda1382 to be displeasedc1386 to step or tread on the toes ofc1394 mispleasea1400 unlikea1425 edgec1450 injurea1492 discontenta1513 disdain1530 to set (a person's) teeth on edge1535 displeasure1541 mis-set?1553 dislike1578 to tread on any one's heels or toes1710 flisk1792 unentrance1834 to tread on any one's cornsa1855 umbragea1894 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Ezek. xviii. 2 And the teeth of sones wexen on egge. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvii. clxxxii. 1077 A grene grape..smyteþ þe synewes and rootes of teeþ wiþ colde so þat þey maketh teeþ an egge. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Jer. xxxi. 29 Y^e fathers haue eaten a sower grape, and the childrens teth are set on edge. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball v. xx. 576 The same eaten rawe are good against the teeth being set on edge. 1580 J. Lyly Euphues & his Eng. (new ed.) f. 24 They make the teeth an edge. 1585 J. Higgins tr. Junius Nomenclator 428 Dentium stupor, a bluntness of the teeth, when with eating of..sowre things they be out of edge. 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 iii. i. 129 That would set my teeth nothing an edge. Nothing so much as minsing poetry. a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iv. iii. 7 Set my pugging tooth an edge . View more context for this quotation 1741 A. Monro Anat. Human Bones (ed. 3) 162 How come they..to be set on Edge by Acids. 1839 T. Carlyle Chartism iv. 31 The strong have eaten sour grapes, and the teeth of the weak are set on edge. extracted from edgen. < as lemmas
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