英语词汇“to speak to the wind”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

6. As a thing devoid of sense or perception, or that is unaffected by what one does to it: in phrases usually expressing futile action or effort, as to beat the wind (see beat v.¹ 1c), to speak to the wind, to spit against (or into) the wind.

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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > be of no avail [verb (intransitive)] > expend effort in vain

to lose or spill one's whilec1175

to speak to the windc1330

tinec1330

to beat the windc1375

lose?a1513

to boil, roast, or wash a stonea1529

to lose (one's) oil1548

to plough the sand (also sands)a1565

to wash an ass's head (or ears)1581

to wash an Ethiop, a blackamoor (white)1581

to wash a wall of loam, a brick or tilea1600

to milk the bull (also he-goat, ram)1616

to bark against (or at) the moona1641

dead horse1640

to cast stones against the wind1657

dry-ditcha1670

baffle1860

to go, run or rush (a)round in circles1933

c1330 Arth. & Merl. 7072 xii hundred ogain fourti þousinde Ferd, so smoke ogain þe winde.

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. FFiii^v In so doing, it may nat be said that we bete y^e wynde.

1569 T. Blague Schole of Wise Conceytes 261 He spake to the winde.

1577 J. Grange Golden Aphroditis sig. Giij I see I swimme agaynst the streame, I kicke against a gode, I caste a stone against the winde.

1578 H. Wotton tr. J. Yver Courtlie Controuersie ii. 109 Thou shalte be like him that spitteth againste the winde, whose slaver fleeth in his owne face.

a1596 G. Peele Loue King Dauid & Fair Bethsabe (1599) sig. Biij^v He..makes their weapons wound the sencelesse winds.

1612 J. Webster White Divel sig. E4 For your names, of Whoore and Murdresse they proceed from you, As if a man should spit against the wind, The filth returne's in's face.

1614 J. Cooke Greenes Tu Quoque G 3 To strike Ayres, or buffet with the Winde, That playes vpon vs.

1622 J. Taylor Shilling C 4 Like throwing feathers 'gainst the winde.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis v, in tr. Virgil Wks. 345 Entellus wasts his Forces on the Wind.

1713 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 10 Apr. (1948) II. 658 This I tell her, but talk to the Winds.

1860 C. M. Yonge Hopes & Fears I. 201 ‘Have you spoken to her?’ ‘As well speak to the wind.’

1968 Guardian 1 Oct. 8/5 The decision to withdraw our forces..was inevitable, and Mr Heath is spitting into the wind when he tells Australian audiences that a Conservative Government would go back.

1975 Times 10 Nov. 12/4 To adopt a vivid barrack-room expression, it is no good spitting against the wind or shouting against thunder.

单词	to speak to the wind
释义	> as lemmas to speak to the wind 6. As a thing devoid of sense or perception, or that is unaffected by what one does to it: in phrases usually expressing futile action or effort, as to beat the wind (see beat v.¹ 1c), to speak to the wind, to spit against (or into) the wind. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > be of no avail [verb (intransitive)] > expend effort in vain to lose or spill one's whilec1175 to speak to the windc1330 tinec1330 to beat the windc1375 lose?a1513 to boil, roast, or wash a stonea1529 to lose (one's) oil1548 to plough the sand (also sands)a1565 to wash an ass's head (or ears)1581 to wash an Ethiop, a blackamoor (white)1581 to wash a wall of loam, a brick or tilea1600 to milk the bull (also he-goat, ram)1616 to bark against (or at) the moona1641 dead horse1640 to cast stones against the wind1657 dry-ditcha1670 baffle1860 to go, run or rush (a)round in circles1933 c1330 Arth. & Merl. 7072 xii hundred ogain fourti þousinde Ferd, so smoke ogain þe winde. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. FFiii^v In so doing, it may nat be said that we bete y^e wynde. 1569 T. Blague Schole of Wise Conceytes 261 He spake to the winde. 1577 J. Grange Golden Aphroditis sig. Giij I see I swimme agaynst the streame, I kicke against a gode, I caste a stone against the winde. 1578 H. Wotton tr. J. Yver Courtlie Controuersie ii. 109 Thou shalte be like him that spitteth againste the winde, whose slaver fleeth in his owne face. a1596 G. Peele Loue King Dauid & Fair Bethsabe (1599) sig. Biij^v He..makes their weapons wound the sencelesse winds. 1612 J. Webster White Divel sig. E4 For your names, of Whoore and Murdresse they proceed from you, As if a man should spit against the wind, The filth returne's in's face. 1614 J. Cooke Greenes Tu Quoque G 3 To strike Ayres, or buffet with the Winde, That playes vpon vs. 1622 J. Taylor Shilling C 4 Like throwing feathers 'gainst the winde. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis v, in tr. Virgil Wks. 345 Entellus wasts his Forces on the Wind. 1713 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 10 Apr. (1948) II. 658 This I tell her, but talk to the Winds. 1860 C. M. Yonge Hopes & Fears I. 201 ‘Have you spoken to her?’ ‘As well speak to the wind.’ 1968 Guardian 1 Oct. 8/5 The decision to withdraw our forces..was inevitable, and Mr Heath is spitting into the wind when he tells Australian audiences that a Conservative Government would go back. 1975 Times 10 Nov. 12/4 To adopt a vivid barrack-room expression, it is no good spitting against the wind or shouting against thunder. extracted from windn.¹ < as lemmas
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