单词 | to trample or tread under foot |
释义 | > as lemmasto trample or tread under foot (also †feet) a. With verbs. (Also in figurative use: cf. 2.) to trample or tread under foot (also †feet): to oppress, outrage, contemn. †to cast under foot: to ruin. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > [adverb] > in subjection underhanda1000 underfootc1175 undera1400 under hatchesc1400 at underc1425 subordinate1617 society > authority > subjection > [adverb] > into subjection underfootc1175 society > authority > subjection > subjecting or subjugation > subject [verb (transitive)] > suppress, repress, or put down nithereOE adweschOE overtreadOE quellOE to trample or tread under foot (also feet)c1175 adauntc1325 to bear downc1330 oppressc1380 repressc1391 overyoke?a1425 quencha1425 to bear overc1425 supprisec1440 overquell?c1450 farec1460 supprime1490 downbeara1500 stanch1513 undertread1525 downtread1536 suppress1537 to set one's foot on the neck of1557 depress?a1562 overbear1565 surpress1573 trample1583 repose1663 spiflicate1749 sort1815 to trample down1853 to sit on ——1915 to clamp down1924 crack down1940 tamp1959 the world > space > relative position > low position > [adverb] > under > under the feet underfootc1175 α. β. 1539 Bible (Great) Isa. xiv. 19 As a dead coarse that is troden vnder fete.a1630 F. Moryson in Shakespeare's Europe (1903) v. vi. 496 The Empire..of the Greekes..hath beene vtterly abolished, and the people haue beene troden vnderfeete.1641 J. Burroughes Sions Joy 33 They sought to cast shame upon the Saints,..trampling them underfeete as dirt.1652 J. Wright tr. J.-P. Camus Nature's Paradox 260 They trampled under feet all private considerations.1760 Impostors Detected I. ii. ii. 170 Sacred relicks trampled under feet!1857 J. G. Holland Bay-path xxix Her memory..trodden under feet by malice, prejudice, and superstition.c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 2561 Forr ȝho tradd deofell unnderr fot. Þwerrt ut onn alle wise. c1400 Hymns Virg. (1867) 12 To felle oure foomen vndir foote. c1475 Mankind 199 in Macro Plays 8 Yt doth my soull myche yll, To se þe flesch prosperouse, & þe soull trodyn wnder fote. 1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia sig. Siii Dissention..hathe caste vnder fote..the..riches of many cities. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. xxxv Yet is not theyr authoritie so decaied herby that euery man may treade it vnder foote. 1594 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 v. i. 207 From thy burgonet will I rend the beare, And tread him vnderfoote with all contempt. 1603 T. Dekker 1603: Wonderfull Yeare sig. C4v His lockes that hang wantonly dangling, troden in durt vnder foote. a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) v. ii. 127 Katerine, that Cap of yours becomes you not, Off with that bable, throw it vnderfoote. 1678 N. Wanley Wonders Little World iv. viii. § 8. 374/2 His Wife..overthrew the Table, and tumbled down all the Provision under-foot. 1700 S. L. tr. C. Schweitzer Relation Voy. in tr. C. Frick & C. Schweitzer Relation Two Voy. E.-Indies 308 They [elephants] would have trampl'd us under foot. 1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. ii. 87 He never deserted it, till both It and He were over-run, and trod under foot. 1708 T. Ward England's Reformation (1815) iv. 429 [He] Stamp'd underfoot a crucifix, As Hollanders are wont to do When on Japonian shore they go. 1802 Mrs. Guthrie Tour through Taurida 64 Instead of effecting this adhesion by the pressure of cylinders, it is done..by treading them underfoot for a few hours. 1868 W. Morris Earthly Paradise ii. 349 A fair ivory image of the god That underfoot a golden serpent trod. < as lemmas |
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