| 单词 | to waste one's wind |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto waste one's wind b. Breath as used in speaking; hence transferred speech, talk (esp. in such phrases as to waste one's wind). Obsolete or archaic (except as implied in long-winded adj. 2a). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > [noun] speechc725 spellc888 tonguec897 spellingc1000 wordOE mathelingOE redec1275 sermonc1275 leeda1300 gale13.. speakc1300 speaking1303 ledenc1320 talea1325 parliamentc1325 winda1330 sermoningc1330 saying1340 melinga1375 talkingc1386 wordc1390 prolationa1393 carpinga1400 eloquencec1400 utteringc1400 language?c1450 reporturec1475 parleyc1490 locutionc1500 talk1539 discourse1545 report1548 tonguec1550 deliverance1553 oration1555 delivery1577 parling1582 parle1584 conveying1586 passage1598 perlocution1599 wording1604 bursta1616 ventilation1615 loquency1623 voicinga1626 verbocination1653 loquence1677 pronunciation1686 loquel1694 jawinga1731 talkee-talkee?1740 vocification1743 talkation1781 voicing1822 utterancy1827 voicing1831 the spoken word1832 outness1851 verbalization1851 voice1855 outgiving1865 stringing1886 praxis1950 the world > life > the body > respiratory organs > breathing > [noun] > breath > as used in speaking winda1330 a1330 Otuel 216 Þat wind þou hauest i-lore. c1430 Hymns Virgin (1867) 97 Do way, mercy, þou spillist myche winde. c1460 R. Roos tr. La Belle Dame sans Mercy 795 Ye noye me sore, in wastyng all þis wynde. 1523 J. Skelton Goodly Garlande of Laurell sig. C Let vs wast no wynde For ydle iangelers haue but lytill braine. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 9788 All þaire wordis þai wast, & þaire wynd alse. 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iv. vii. 65 For his death no wind of blame shall breathe. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) i. ii. 53 Stop in your winde sir, tell me this I pray. View more context for this quotation 1616 W. Clerk Withals's Dict. Eng. & Lat. 573 Os opprime, keepe your wind to coole your pottage. 1722 W. Hamilton Life of Sir William Wallace 216 The Earl Buchan, tender but, and Young He did obtain for the wind of his Tongue. < as lemmas |
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