| 单词 | to stop one's nose, nostrils |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto stop one's nose, nostrils c. to stop one's nose, nostrils. ? Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered breathing > have or cause breathing disorder [verb (intransitive)] > become short of breath > choke choke?a1400 worrya1500 smotherc1528 gulp1530 stifle1594 to stop one's nose, nostrils1697 c1420 Sir Amadace (Camden) vii Butte suche a stinke in the chapelle he hade, That..He stopput his nace with his hude. 1532 J. Larke tr. Bk. Wysdome f. xlvii They passed by a place where ther was a deed horse, whiche dyd stynke very sore. Wherfore the Heremyte dyd stop his nose. a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) iv. ii. 79 Heauen stops the nose at it, and the Moone winkes. View more context for this quotation 1682 N. Tate & J. Dryden 2nd Pt. Absalom & Achitophel 14 Now stop your noses Readers, all and some, For here's a tun of Midnight-work to come. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 135 They stop his Nostrils, while he strives in vain To breath free Air. View more context for this quotation < as lemmas |
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