| 单词 | to win one's spurs |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto win one's (also †the) spurs a. to win one's (also †the) spurs, to gain knighthood by some act of valour; hence, to attain distinction, to achieve one's first honours. Chiefly figurative. Also const. against, from, of. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > fame or renown > famous or eminent person > be or become eminent [verb (intransitive)] > gain fame or eminence to win (one's) worshipc1175 to win one's shoesa1400 to win one's (also the) spursc1425 c1425 J. Lydgate Assembly of Gods 980 These xiiii knyghtes made Vyce that day; To wynne theyr spores they seyde they wold asay. ?1539–40 Abp. M. Parker Corr. (1853) (modernized text) 13 The one to labour to win sporis of the other, and to allure the people's minds. 1551 T. Wilson Rule of Reason sig. Sj Sennacherib that wicked kyng, thought..to wynne his spurres against Ierusalem. 1595 Enq. Tripe-wife in A. B. Grosart Elizabethan Eng. (1881) 171 It sufficeth that yee haue wonne the spurres from them all. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxx. xxxii. 762 Resolute that day either to winne the spurres or loose the saddle. 1837 Penny Cycl. IX. 291/2 His father nevertheless took him [the Black Prince] along with him to win his spurs..in July, 1346. 1862 G. W. Thornbury Life J. M. W. Turner I. 390 The painter..executed his task with a patience..worthy of one who had to win his spurs. < as lemmas |
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