单词 | to work woe |
释义 | > as lemmasto work (also †do) (a person) woe P1. to work (also †do) (a person) woe: to inflict distress or trouble on (a person); to afflict; to do harm to. Also without indirect object. Now archaic.woe is originally an adverb in this phrase, but is later apprehended as a noun (cf. sense C. 1). [Compare Old High German wē tuon (Middle High German wē tuon, German weh tun).] ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > suffer (adversity or affliction) [verb (transitive)] > afflict overharryeOE aileOE swencheOE besetOE traya1000 teenOE to work (also do) (a person) woeOE derve?c1225 grieve1297 harrya1300 noyc1300 travailc1300 to work (also do) annoyc1300 wrath14.. aggrievea1325 annoya1325 tribula1325 to hold wakenc1330 anguish1340 distrainc1374 wrap1380 strain1382 ermec1386 afflicta1393 cumbera1400 assayc1400 distressc1400 temptc1400 encumber1413 labour1437 infortune?a1439 stressa1450 trouble1489 arraya1500 constraina1500 attempt1525 misease1530 exercise1531 to hold or keep waking1533 try1539 to wring to the worse1542 pinch1548 affligec1550 trounce1551 oppress1555 inflict1566 overharl1570 strait1579 to make a martyr of1599 straiten1611 tribulatea1637 to put through the hoop(s)1919 snooter1923 the mind > emotion > suffering > cause of mental pain or suffering > cause mental pain or suffering to [verb (transitive)] heavyc897 pineeOE aileOE sorryeOE traya1000 sorrowOE to work (also do) (a person) woeOE angerc1175 smarta1200 to work, bake, brew balec1200 derve?c1225 grieve?c1225 sitc1225 sweam?c1225 gnawc1230 sughc1230 troublec1230 aggrievea1325 to think sweama1325 unframea1325 anguish1340 teen1340 sowa1352 distrainc1374 to-troublea1382 strain1382 unglad1390 afflicta1393 paina1393 distressa1400 hita1400 sorea1400 assayc1400 remordc1400 temptc1400 to sit (or set) one sorec1420 overthrow?a1425 visit1424 labour1437 passionc1470 arraya1500 constraina1500 misgrievea1500 attempt1525 exagitate1532 to wring to the worse1542 toil1549 lament1580 adolorate1598 rankle1659 try1702 to pass over ——1790 upset1805 to touch (also get, catch, etc.) (a person) on the raw1823 to put (a person) through it1855 bludgeon1888 to get to ——1904 to put through the hoop(s)1919 OE Paris Psalter (1932) cxviii. 138 Ealles forgeaton, þa me grame wæron, worda þinra and me wa dydan. c1225 (?c1200) Hali Meiðhad (Bodl.) (1940) 513 Hu monie earmðen anan awakeneð þerwið, þe wurcheð þe wa inoh. ?c1250 (?c1175) Poema Morale (Egerton) 289 in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 177 Ac ȝet ne deð heom nout so wo in þo loþe biende bute þat hi witeð þat heore pine ne scal neure habben ende. a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 880 Abram hem folwede and wrogte woa. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 5531 Bot ai þe mare þai did [þ] am wa þis folk multiplid ai maa. a1450 ( in J. Kail 26 Polit. Poems (1904) 42 I do þe wele, why dost me woo? a1500 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Nero) i. l. 1571 Iubiter sulde noucht..wyrk hym mar wa na dispyte. a1500 Anc. Sc. Prophecy in Bernardus de Cura Rei Famuliaris 25 He kest the stone in þe watter, & bad it waa worghe. 1517 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1928) xviii. 86 It doth ryght well appere..that loue hath done you wo. ?1553 Respublica (1952) v. viii. 57 T(he)is l(adies)..pr(ep)are to weorke vs woo, and doo vs all mischiefe. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 253 Thou knowst..what malicious Foe..seeks to work us woe and shame By sly assault. View more context for this quotation 1764 C. Churchill Duellist ii. 18 Lust of Pow'r, To work him woe, in evil hour Debauch'd the Tyrant from those ways On which a King should found his praise. 1798 S. T. Coleridge Anc. Marinere ii, in W. Wordsworth & S. T. Coleridge Lyrical Ballads 11 I had done an hellish thing And it would work 'em woe. 1890 Lucifer May 192 Our friend is inclined to vehemently suspect you of being the vile enchanter who has worked him woe. 1911 World's Work June 14523/1 He has come voluntarily to choose, of two courses, the less attractive, lest the more attractive work him woe. 2015 W. Bonsall Essent. Guide to Radical, Self-reliant Gardening 150/2 Their [sc. tomatoes'] own residues are apt to work them woe. < as lemmas |
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