英语词汇“to spin a fair thread”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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to spin a fair thread

†c. In the ironical phrase to spin a fair thread.

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the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > do something unskilfully [verb (intransitive)]

to spin a fair thread1546

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1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. v. sig. Hii In beyng your owne foe, you spyn a fayre threede.

1554 H. Latimer in J. Strype Mem. (1721) III. 93 If you tarry with them, you have sponne a fayre Threde.

1656 T. Hobbes Questions Liberty, Necessity & Chance 23 If it be so, he hath spun a fair thred, to make all this stir.

1817 W. Scott Rob Roy II. x. 210 Spinners!—ye'll spin and wind yoursell a bonnie pirn.]

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单词	to spin a fair thread
释义	> as lemmas to spin a fair thread †c. In the ironical phrase to spin a fair thread. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > do something unskilfully [verb (intransitive)] to spin a fair thread1546 tinker1655 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. v. sig. Hii In beyng your owne foe, you spyn a fayre threede. 1554 H. Latimer in J. Strype Mem. (1721) III. 93 If you tarry with them, you have sponne a fayre Threde. 1656 T. Hobbes Questions Liberty, Necessity & Chance 23 If it be so, he hath spun a fair thred, to make all this stir. 1817 W. Scott Rob Roy II. x. 210 Spinners!—ye'll spin and wind yoursell a bonnie pirn.] extracted from spinv. < as lemmas
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