英语词汇“tooth and nail”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. tooth and nail (originally with tooth and nail) adverbial phr.: literal with the use of one's teeth and nails as weapons; by biting and scratching: almost always figurative, in the way of vigorous attack, defence, or action generally; vigorously, fiercely, with one's utmost efforts, with all one's might.

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the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adjective] > of action: involving or requiring vigour

mainc1400

vigorous1524

tooth and naila1535

robust1652

robustic1652

strenuous1671

lusty1672

vigorous1697

the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > [phrase] > with all one's might

(at, by, with) all one's mightOE

by (also by one's) powerc1300

with or by (all one's) might and mainc1330

at (also at all, after) one's power1384

upon one's powerc1400

to (the best of, the uttermost of, the extent of) one's power?a1425

tooth and naila1535

with tooth and naila1535

with both hands1549

with teeth and alla1600

horse and footc1600

with all one's force1677

for all it's worth1864

a1535 T. More Dialoge of Comfort (1553) iii. xxii. sig. T.ii They would fayne kepe them as long as euer they mighte, euen with tooth and nayle.

1562 N. Winȝet Certain Tractates (1888) I. 16 Contending with tuith and naill (as in the prouerb).

1568 V. Skinner tr. R. González de Montes Discouery Inquisition of Spayne f. 46^v To perswade them tooth and naile, not to cleaue vnto that doctrine.

1579 W. Wilkinson Confut. Familye of Loue f. 51 M. Harding fighteth for it tooth and nail.

1651 N. Culpeper Astrol. Judgm. Dis. (1658) 118 He will helpe it forward with tooth and naile.

1702 R. L'Estrange tr. Josephus Jewish Antiq. xv. xi, in Wks. 431 Salome, and her Faction were Tooth and Nail for Dispatching her out of Hand.

1719 in T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth IV. 156 She flew in her Face Tooth and Nail.

1827 W. Scott Jrnl. 26 July (1941) 81 To-morrow I resume the Chronicles, tooth and nail.

1892 T. H. Huxley Let. 26 May in L. Huxley Life & Lett. T. H. Huxley (1900) II. xviii. 312 I am ready to oppose any such project tooth and nail.

attributive.1872 B. Jerrold London xiv. 116 Honourable instinct making a tooth-and-nail fight against adverse circumstances.1900 Cent. Mag. Feb. 509/1 The tooth-and-nail fight to which they and their children were condemned.

单词	tooth and nail
释义	> as lemmas tooth and nail a. tooth and nail (originally with tooth and nail) adverbial phr.: literal with the use of one's teeth and nails as weapons; by biting and scratching: almost always figurative, in the way of vigorous attack, defence, or action generally; vigorously, fiercely, with one's utmost efforts, with all one's might. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adjective] > of action: involving or requiring vigour mainc1400 vigorous1524 tooth and naila1535 robust1652 robustic1652 strenuous1671 lusty1672 vigorous1697 the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > [phrase] > with all one's might (at, by, with) all one's mightOE by (also by one's) powerc1300 with or by (all one's) might and mainc1330 at (also at all, after) one's power1384 upon one's powerc1400 to (the best of, the uttermost of, the extent of) one's power?a1425 tooth and naila1535 with tooth and naila1535 with both hands1549 with teeth and alla1600 horse and footc1600 with all one's force1677 for all it's worth1864 a1535 T. More Dialoge of Comfort (1553) iii. xxii. sig. T.ii They would fayne kepe them as long as euer they mighte, euen with tooth and nayle. 1562 N. Winȝet Certain Tractates (1888) I. 16 Contending with tuith and naill (as in the prouerb). 1568 V. Skinner tr. R. González de Montes Discouery Inquisition of Spayne f. 46^v To perswade them tooth and naile, not to cleaue vnto that doctrine. 1579 W. Wilkinson Confut. Familye of Loue f. 51 M. Harding fighteth for it tooth and nail. 1651 N. Culpeper Astrol. Judgm. Dis. (1658) 118 He will helpe it forward with tooth and naile. 1702 R. L'Estrange tr. Josephus Jewish Antiq. xv. xi, in Wks. 431 Salome, and her Faction were Tooth and Nail for Dispatching her out of Hand. 1719 in T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth IV. 156 She flew in her Face Tooth and Nail. 1827 W. Scott Jrnl. 26 July (1941) 81 To-morrow I resume the Chronicles, tooth and nail. 1892 T. H. Huxley Let. 26 May in L. Huxley Life & Lett. T. H. Huxley (1900) II. xviii. 312 I am ready to oppose any such project tooth and nail. attributive.1872 B. Jerrold London xiv. 116 Honourable instinct making a tooth-and-nail fight against adverse circumstances.1900 Cent. Mag. Feb. 509/1 The tooth-and-nail fight to which they and their children were condemned. extracted from toothn. < as lemmas
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