| 单词 | to take a bruising |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto take a bruising c. An act or instance of inflicting injury by hitting or beating; a blow, a beating. Frequently in to take a bruising. Also figurative.See also to be cruising for a bruising at cruise v. Additions. ΚΠ 1509 H. Watson tr. S. Brant Shyppe of Fooles (de Worde) cxi. sig. Ee.iii He shall not fynde hymselfe in the bataylles for fere of the strokes and brusynges. 1679 W. Penn Addr. Protestants ii. 220 Whence comes..Beatings, Bruisings, Stockings, Whippings, and Spilling of Blood for Religion? 1793 E. Hitchcock Farmer's Friend xvii. 150 They soon went from words to blows, but his antagonist was too mighty for him and gave him such a bruising that he ran into the street, and cried out murder! murder! 1833 Dublin Univ. Mag. Mar. 285/2 I never got such a bruising in all my life, as you and your drunken set have given me. 1902 Young Woman's Jrnl. Oct. 436/1 Oh, the beatings, the bruisings, the clinched hands and the set teeth! 1989 M. Robinson Mother Country i. 124 The British establishment takes a horrible bruising. 2010 E. N. Jensen Body by Weimar ii. 50 He could dish out a bruising, and he could take one, too. < as lemmas |
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