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

b. figurative. The seat of feeling or emotion in a person; the core of a person's being. In later use, chiefly in phrases denoting acute mental anguish or irritation, as to touch (also gall, sting, etc.) to the quick.

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the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > touchiness > [noun] > point in respect of which

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a1529 J. Skelton Magnyfycence (?1530) sig. Eiii Yf a man fortune to touche you on the quyke Then feyne yourselfe dyseased.

1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia sig. Ciiii Their tenauntes..whom they polle and shaue to y^e quycke by reysing their rentes.

1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 560 Tigranes..was galled to the quicke, and hitte at the harte.

1628 G. Wither Britain's Remembrancer ii. 933 I confesse that on the quick they grated, Who in this manner have expostulated.

1647 J. Trapp Comm. Epist. & Rev. (Rom. ii. 3) This is preaching to the conscience, to the quick.

1722 D. Defoe Moll Flanders 51 This stung the elder Brother to the Quick.

1793 F. Burney Lett. 21 Oct. I could not deeply consider the situation of these venerable men, without feeling for them to the quick.

1842 Ld. Tennyson Walking to Mail in Poems (new ed.) II. 50 A Tory to the quick.

1883 J. A. Froude Short Stud. IV. i. iv. 45 His proud temper was chafed to the quick, and he turned sick with anger.

1935 G. Santayana Last Puritan ii. xii. 203 Damned unfair, too, to my poor father who had made every sacrifice for me, and was cut to the quick.

1961 N. Roy Black Albino 65 The contempt with which the chief treated him in this choice of weapons before all, touched him to the quick.

1989 M. Gordon Other Side ii. iii. 129 ‘The world's a brighter place for you than me,’ Bella had said to Ellen once. Wounding her to the quick.

1997 J. Ryan Dismantling Mr Doyle x. 141 She was hurt to the quick and anxious at all costs not to put words on what had happened.

a. to touch to the quick. [Compare Middle French, French toucher au vif to get to the heart of (a matter) (c1470), to affect or move (a person) deeply (1559).]

(a) To affect or move deeply; to cause upset or distress to; to influence strongly. Cf. sense 33, quick n.¹ 3b.

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1563 A. Brooke Agreem. Sondry Places Script. lxxxix. 249 Men out of theyr wittes are agaste for a litle whyle: yet are they not touched to the quicke.

1643 Earl of Newcastle Declar. 137 Lord how these men are touched to the quick, when any man but themselves dare offer to plunder.

1698 T. Gipps Remarks on Remarks 7 These Sober and Charitable Men can be intemperately Angry, when they apprehend themselves touch'd to the quick.

1819 W. Scott Legend of Montrose vi, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. IV. 120 I am touched to the quick, that I should yesterday..have seemed to infringe on the respect due to such a person as yourself.

1866 Monthly Packet 1 Feb. He felt..pleased that his God-brother was touched to the quick by his arguments.

1909 Jrnl. Educ. (Univ. of Boston School of Educ.) 4 Mar. 248/1 It is plain he is touched to the quick in the one vulnerable spot, the recollection of his days of wildness.

2015 New Indian Express (Nexis) 7 Feb. Chidambaram and his son have been touched to the quick by the poor man's ‘insulting’ comments.

†(b) To get to the nub or heart of (a matter); to make a particularly telling remark or observation. Cf. senses 27b, 31a and quick n.¹ 3d. Obsolete.

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a1566 R. Edwards Damon & Pithias (1571) Prol. sig. Aij In Commedies, the greatest Skyll is this, rightly to touche All thynges to the quicke.

1620 tr. Relation Late Iourney Iesuites 3 O brethren, these men about to touch the matter to the quicke.

1744 R. North & M. North Life Sir D. North & Rev. J. North 288 For his Girds were oblique, and touched to the quick, but not directly exceptionable.

1856 C. Sumner Let. 18 June in Proc. State Hist. Soc. Wisconsin (1896) 137 You touch the question to the quick.

1910 Jrnl. Eng. & Germanic Philol. 9 294 Some few investigators have touched the matter to the quick.

单词	to touch to the quick
释义	> as lemmas to touch (also gall, sting, etc.) to the quick b. figurative. The seat of feeling or emotion in a person; the core of a person's being. In later use, chiefly in phrases denoting acute mental anguish or irritation, as to touch (also gall, sting, etc.) to the quick. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > touchiness > [noun] > point in respect of which quicka1529 sore place1690 raw1825 a1529 J. Skelton Magnyfycence (?1530) sig. Eiii Yf a man fortune to touche you on the quyke Then feyne yourselfe dyseased. 1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia sig. Ciiii Their tenauntes..whom they polle and shaue to y^e quycke by reysing their rentes. 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 560 Tigranes..was galled to the quicke, and hitte at the harte. 1628 G. Wither Britain's Remembrancer ii. 933 I confesse that on the quick they grated, Who in this manner have expostulated. 1647 J. Trapp Comm. Epist. & Rev. (Rom. ii. 3) This is preaching to the conscience, to the quick. 1722 D. Defoe Moll Flanders 51 This stung the elder Brother to the Quick. 1793 F. Burney Lett. 21 Oct. I could not deeply consider the situation of these venerable men, without feeling for them to the quick. 1842 Ld. Tennyson Walking to Mail in Poems (new ed.) II. 50 A Tory to the quick. 1883 J. A. Froude Short Stud. IV. i. iv. 45 His proud temper was chafed to the quick, and he turned sick with anger. 1935 G. Santayana Last Puritan ii. xii. 203 Damned unfair, too, to my poor father who had made every sacrifice for me, and was cut to the quick. 1961 N. Roy Black Albino 65 The contempt with which the chief treated him in this choice of weapons before all, touched him to the quick. 1989 M. Gordon Other Side ii. iii. 129 ‘The world's a brighter place for you than me,’ Bella had said to Ellen once. Wounding her to the quick. 1997 J. Ryan Dismantling Mr Doyle x. 141 She was hurt to the quick and anxious at all costs not to put words on what had happened. extracted from quickadj.n.¹adv. to touch to the quick a. to touch to the quick. [Compare Middle French, French toucher au vif to get to the heart of (a matter) (c1470), to affect or move (a person) deeply (1559).] (a) To affect or move deeply; to cause upset or distress to; to influence strongly. Cf. sense 33, quick n.¹ 3b. ΚΠ 1563 A. Brooke Agreem. Sondry Places Script. lxxxix. 249 Men out of theyr wittes are agaste for a litle whyle: yet are they not touched to the quicke. 1643 Earl of Newcastle Declar. 137 Lord how these men are touched to the quick, when any man but themselves dare offer to plunder. 1698 T. Gipps Remarks on Remarks 7 These Sober and Charitable Men can be intemperately Angry, when they apprehend themselves touch'd to the quick. 1819 W. Scott Legend of Montrose vi, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. IV. 120 I am touched to the quick, that I should yesterday..have seemed to infringe on the respect due to such a person as yourself. 1866 Monthly Packet 1 Feb. He felt..pleased that his God-brother was touched to the quick by his arguments. 1909 Jrnl. Educ. (Univ. of Boston School of Educ.) 4 Mar. 248/1 It is plain he is touched to the quick in the one vulnerable spot, the recollection of his days of wildness. 2015 New Indian Express (Nexis) 7 Feb. Chidambaram and his son have been touched to the quick by the poor man's ‘insulting’ comments. †(b) To get to the nub or heart of (a matter); to make a particularly telling remark or observation. Cf. senses 27b, 31a and quick n.¹ 3d. Obsolete. ΚΠ a1566 R. Edwards Damon & Pithias (1571) Prol. sig. Aij In Commedies, the greatest Skyll is this, rightly to touche All thynges to the quicke. 1620 tr. Relation Late Iourney Iesuites 3 O brethren, these men about to touch the matter to the quicke. 1744 R. North & M. North Life Sir D. North & Rev. J. North 288 For his Girds were oblique, and touched to the quick, but not directly exceptionable. 1856 C. Sumner Let. 18 June in Proc. State Hist. Soc. Wisconsin (1896) 137 You touch the question to the quick. 1910 Jrnl. Eng. & Germanic Philol. 9 294 Some few investigators have touched the matter to the quick. extracted from touchv. < as lemmas
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