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单词 to sting to death
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to sting to death
1. transitive. To pierce with a sharp-pointed weapon or instrument. (Cf. through-sting v.) to sting to death. Obsolete.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > making holes or becoming holed > make (an opening or hole) [verb (transitive)] > make an opening or hole in or into > bore, pierce, or perforate > with something sharp-pointed
shearOE
sting993
stickOE
spita1225
wound?c1225
stitchc1230
pitcha1275
threstc1275
forprick1297
steekc1300
piercec1325
rivec1330
dag?a1400
jag?a1400
lancec1400
pickc1400
tamec1400
forpierce1413
punch1440
launch1460
thringc1485
empiercec1487
to-pierce1488
joba1500
ding1529
stob?1530
probe1542
enthrill1563
inthirlc1580
cloy1590
burt1597
pink1597
lancinate1603
perterebrate1623
puncture1675
spike1687
skiver1832
bepierce1840
gimlet1841
prong1848
javelin1859
the world > life > death > killing > killing by specific method > kill [verb (transitive)] > by stabbing or cutting
snithec725
ofstingeOE
stickOE
to sting to death13..
to put (do) to the sword1338
throata1382
to strike dead, to (the) deathc1390
hewc1400
stab1530
to stab (a person) in1530
poniard1593
stiletto1613
jugulate1623
kris1625
dagger1694
pike1787
to cut down1821
sword1863
993 Battle of Maldon 128 He mid gare stang wlancne wicing.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 13774 Boccus mid his spere stronge Bedver hafde istunge [c1300 Otho of-stonge].
a1300 Cursor Mundi 26018 Wit thorn, glaiue, nail,..Wit quilk þat crist for us was stongen.
c1315 Shoreham ii. 116 A kniȝt wyþ one scharpe spere Stang hyne iþe ryȝt syde.
13.. K. Alis. (Laud) 3717 He..smyteþ a Duk arabian..And to þe deþ haþ hym stunge.
c1394 P. Pl. Crede 553 Þei ben y-sewed wiþ whiȝt silk & semes full queynte, Y-stongen wiþ stiches þat stareþ as siluer.
c1430 Syr Gener. (Roxb.) 5000 Thurgh the bodie he him stoong.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 290/2 Lawncyn, or stynge wythe a spere, or blode yryne, lanceo.
1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur xxi. x. 855 There was laementacyon as they had be stungyn wyth sperys.
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to sting to death
a. ‘To pierce or wound with a point darted out, as that of wasps or scorpions’ (Johnson). Said also of venomous serpents and some other animals which inflict sharp or poisonous wounds. to sting to death; also to sting to the quick (now rare in literal sense: see 5).
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the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > injure [verb (transitive)] > wound > sting or bite
stingc888
pricka1200
to-sting?a1300
to-bite1375
bitea1382
stanga1400
tanga1400
strikec1480
c888 Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. xxxi. §2 Swa swa seo beo sceal losian þonne heo hwæt irringa stingð.
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 17441 Þa neddress þatt stungenn þe menn.
c1290 S. Eng. Leg. 206/232 Þe Crapoudes..stoungen heom þoruȝ heore heortene with heore foule wrottes grete.
a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 3896 Ðor-fore hem cam wrim-kin among, Ðat hem wel bitterlike stong.
a1400 Seuyn Sages (W.) 759 The adder so the grehound stang.
1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur xxi. iv. 845 An adder..stonge a knyght on the foot & whan the knyght felte hym stongen [etc.].
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 736/1 I wene this adder hath styngyd me.
1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball v. xxv. 584 Good to be dronken of them which are stongue with Bees and Waspes.
1587 R. Crompton Short Declar. End Traytors sig. Diijv Some times they were stinged to death, with fierie Serpents of straunge kind.
1630 J. Smith True Trav. xxvii. 58 Stung neere to death with a most poysoned taile of a fish called Stingray.
c1662 in F. P. Verney & M. M. Verney Mem. Verney Family 17th Cent. (1907) II. 262 Little flyes which sting our hands and faces.
1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. ii. iii. 64 They would fix upon my Nose or Forehead, where they stung me to the quick.
1849 J. W. Carlyle Lett. II. 76 Stung by a wasp.
1878 T. Hardy Return of Native III. iv. vii. 64 Stung by an adder.
absolute.?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 154 Scorpiun..stingeð mid þe teil.c1394 P. Pl. Crede 648 Þer is no waspe in þis werlde þat will wilfulloker styngen.1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream iii. ii. 73 With doubler tongue Then thyne (thou serpent) neuer Adder stung . View more context for this quotation1895 P. Hemingway Out of Egypt ii. 188 He flung the truth from him as one might fling a viper that had stung.
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