单词 | to-do |
释义 | to-don. colloquial. Fuss or commotion; esp. unnecessary agitation, excitement, or argument. Also: an instance of this; an (unwarranted) uproar, dispute, or fracas; a furore. Chiefly with modifying word, as in much to-do. Cf. ado n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > lack of peacefulness > [noun] > a disturbance caused by dissension tirpeilc1330 to-doc1330 affraya1393 frayc1420 tuilyiea1500 fraction1502 broil1525 ruffle1534 hurly-burly1548 embroilment1609 roil1690 fracas1727 row1746 the devil among the tailors1756 noration1773 splorea1791 kick-upa1793 rumption1802 ruction1809 squall1813 tulyie-mulyie1827 shindy1829 shine1832 donnybrook1852 shiveau1862 roughhouse1882 ruckus1885 shemozzle1885 turn-up1891 rookus1892 funk1900 incident1913 potin1922 shivoo1924 furore1946 shindig1961 the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [noun] > briskness or activeness > bustle or fuss to-doc1330 adoc1380 great (also much) cry and little woolc1460 feery-fary1535 fray1568 stirc1595 do1598 coil1599 hurl1603 ruffle1609 clutterment1611 buzz1628 bustle1637 paddle1642 racket1644 clutter1652 tracas1656 tracasserie1656 circumference1667 flutter1667 hurly-burly1678 fuss1701 fissle1719 fraise1725 hurry-scurry1753 fix-fax1768 fal-lal1775 widdle1789 touse1792 fuffle1801 going-on1817 hurry and scurry1823 sputter1823 tew1825 Bob's-a-dying1829 fidge1832 tamasha1842 mulling1845 mussing1846 fettling1847 fooster1847 trade1854 scrimmage1855 carry-on1861 fuss-and-feathers1866 on-carry1870 make-a-do1880 miration1883 razzle-dazzle1885 song and dance1885 to get a rustle on1891 tea-party1903 stirabout1905 whoop-de-do1910 chichi1928 production1941 go-go1966 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > loudness > confused sound > [noun] > uproar or tumult brack?c1200 ludea1275 ludingc1275 grede13.. to-doc1330 stevenc1385 ruitc1390 shoutingc1405 rumourc1425 dirdumc1440 shout1487 rippit?1507 glamer?a1513 rangat?a1513 reird?a1513 larumc1515 reirdour1535 uproar1544 clamouring1548 racket1565 baldare1582 rack jack1582 rufflery1582 pother1603 rut1607 clamorousnessa1617 hurricane1639 clutter1656 flaw1676 splutter1677 rout1684 hirdum-dirdum1724 fracas1727 collieshangie1737 racketing1760 hullabaloo1762 hurly1806 bobbery1816 trevally1819 pandemonium1827 hurly-burly1830 outroar1845 on-ding1871 tow-row1877 ruckus1885 molrowing1892 rookus1892 rux1918 c1330 Seven Sages (Auch.) (1933) l. 1730 ‘Doughter, her a queinte ginne... Þi kai in þe cloþ make þou fast, After, stirt vp an hast...’ Þe kai made moche to done, For sche feld boþe cloþ and cop. c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn Prol. l. 37 (MED) She wept & waylid & wrong hir hondis & made much to done. a1500 (a1470) Brut (BL Add. 10099) 530 (MED) Þe Duke of York..come in-to þe parlement chamber, & þer toke þe Kinges place.., wherfor was moche to doo. 1576 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent 188 The husband (with much to doe) consented to the condition. 1658 J. Thurloe Let. 30 Nov. in T. Birch Coll. State Papers J. Thurloe (1742) VII. 541 With much to do that question was resolved in the affirmative. 1762 tr. P. N. Destouches Generous Artifice ii. vii, in S. Foote et al. tr. Comic Theatre III. 95 Zounds! what a to-do is here with sir and madam, and madam and sir! 1782 J. Priestley Hist. Corruptions Christianity II. ix. 141 There was much to do about..re-admission to the privileges of church communion. 1830 J. Galt Lawrie Todd II. iv. v. 42 In the midst of the bustle and to-do. 1877 R. L. Stevenson in Cornhill Mag. Aug. 229 He must have had..many a to-do with blustering captains. 1943 C. McCullers Ballad of Sad Cafe in Harper's Bazaar Aug. 269/2 He enjoyed any kind of to-do, and without saying a word he could set people at each other in a way that was miraculous. 1983 Washington Post 17 Apr. e1 Ever since the movie ‘Deliverance’, there has been much to-do about the daredevil aspects of canoeing. 2012 Quick Printing Sept. 50 Last month there was a big to-do on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, and YouTube... The topic? Chicken. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). to-doadj. Originally U.S. Chiefly in to-do list: designating a (notional) list of tasks requiring attention or completion, sometimes ordered by priority. Also: designating an item in such a list. ΘΚΠ society > communication > record > list > [adjective] > specific rentual1788 to-do list1921 society > communication > record > list > [adjective] > listed tabledc1500 irrotulate1594 enumerate1646 enumerated1721 booked1727 catalogued1795 scheduled1881 listed1907 to-do list1992 1921 Fort Wayne (Indiana) Jrnl. 6 Nov. iii. 2/8 Again she consulted her ‘To Do’ list. 1957 Star-News (Pasadena, Calif.) 24 Apr. p1/3 Modernizing the basement into a rumpus room should be high on the to-do list. 1992 Macorld Apr. 178/1 You're deluged with appointments, reminders, phone calls, and to-do items during a hectic workday. 2002 A. Behrman Electroboy Pref. p. xiv I stash my to-do list in my pocket and buy..a round of drinks for a group of faceless people across the bar. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † to-dov. Obsolete. 1. transitive. To open (one's own or another's mouth or jaws); to undo. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > open [verb (transitive)] undoc893 untinec950 openOE to-doOE undita1225 leesea1325 unfolda1325 unspeara1325 unclosea1350 to open upa1400 disclose?1440 opea1450 unlock?1548 uncask1594 unhinge1624 unsluice1652 reserate1657 OE Prudentius Glosses (Boulogne 189) in H. D. Meritt Old Eng. Prudentius Glosses (1959) 106 [Coluber..oris patuli] soluit [acumina] : disligat, todyde. OE King Ælfred tr. Psalms (Paris) (2001) xxi. 11 Hi todydon heora muð ongean me, swa swa leo þonne he geonað. ?a1200 (?OE) Peri Didaxeon (1896) 49 Ȝif hyt..swiðe uthreæcþ, þann todo þu hys muþ, and hawa, hwæþer hys ceaflas sin toswollene. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 3244 And þat deor to-dede [c1300 Otho vndude] his chæfles..and for-bat hine amidden a twa. a1450 Seven Sages (Cambr. Dd.1.17) (1845) l. 339 (MED) Felaus, I see in the mone, We haue made us alle to-don..And we schal by schend ther-fore. 2. transitive. To put asunder, divide, separate. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > action of dividing or divided condition > divide [verb (transitive)] to-shedc888 to-dealeOE dealc950 twemea1023 to-doOE to-shiftc1122 brittenc1175 sunderc1230 depart1297 parta1300 twain15.. dividec1380 minisha1382 dressc1410 dissever1417 sever1435 quarterc1440 distinct1526 videc1540 disperse1548 several1570 separate1581 dirempt1587 distinguish1609 piecemeal1611 discrete1624 dispart1629 slit1645 parcel1652 canton1653 tripartite1653 split1707 carve1711 scind1869 OE Handbk. for Use of Confessor (Corpus Cambr. 201) in Anglia (1965) 83 22 Gyf hwilc wif twegen gebroðra nymð hire to gemæccan oðerne æfter oðrum, todo man hi. OE Ælfric Hexameron (Hatton 115) 43 Ðæt wæter and seo eorðe wæron gemengede oð ðone þriddan dæg: þa todyde hi God. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 1471 Ic wlle mine riche to-don [c1300 Otho ȝiue]..& twemen mine bearnen. 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