| 单词 | with a vengeance |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswith a vengeance 4. with a vengeance: extracted from vengeancen.adv.adj.ΘΚΠ the mind > language > malediction > [adverb] accursedlyc1330 with a vengeance1573 imprecatingly1652 execratively1837 imprecatorily1874 1573 W. Smith Wydow Edyth (new ed.) sig. Dv In she goth,..And came out agayne, saying wt a vengeaunce: They must go by water. 1581 M. Hanmer Iesuites Banner E 2 b Let such then goe with a vengeaunce, and leaue those toyes for Poets to prate of and let them preach better stuffe vnto the people. 1598 R. Bernard tr. Terence Andria ii. i, in Terence in Eng. 32 Abi hinc in malam crucem, Away with a vengeance: get thee hence with a mischiefe: goe hence with sorrow enough. 1630 R. Norton tr. W. Camden Hist. Princesse Elizabeth iv. 127 The Queene..waxing impatient, gaue him [Essex] a cuffe on the eare, and bad him be gone with a vengeance. 1673 Vinegar & Mustard (Hindley) III. 8 You are land-sick now, and not sea-sick, with a vengeance to you for me. 1836 T. Carlyle Jrnl. 22 Mar. in J. A. Froude T. Carlyle: Life in London (1884) I. iii. 70 Why not quit literature—with a vengeance to it—and turn, were it even to sheep herding..? b. As an intensive: With great force or violence; in an extreme degree; to an unusual extent. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > violently [phrase] of hardc1330 at (the) utterance1480 hip and thigh1560 with a vengeance1568 with a powderc1600 with a siserary1607 full fling1614 with the vengeance1693 like a thousand (also hundred) of brick(s)1836 the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > greatly or very much [phrase] > extremely like mada1375 with a mischief1538 (as) — as anything1542 with a vengeance1568 with a siserary1607 (to be pleased) to a feathera1616 in (the) extremea1616 with the vengeance1693 to a degree1740 like hell1776 like the devil1791 like winky1830 like billy-o1885 (like) seven shades of ——1919 like a bandit1943 on wheels1943 1568 V. Skinner tr. R. González de Montes Discouery Inquisition of Spayne f. 24v He shall come downe with a vengeaunce. 1598 T. Lodge & R. Greene Looking Glasse (new ed.) sig. B2v A plaister..that mends him with a verie vengeance. 1611 T. Middleton & T. Dekker Roaring Girle sig. M Are you too well, too happy? Alex. With a vengeance. 1655 H. L'Estrange Reign King Charles 88 The furious multitude..struck him down, and malled him with a vengeance. 1673 R. Leigh Transproser Rehears'd 63 Accordingly he lays it on with a vengeance. 1710 ‘J. Touchwood’ Quixote Redivivus 6 This..is proving the..existence of Giants..with a Vengeance. 1764 S. Foote Lyar ii. 23 His friends..gloss over his foible, by calling him an agreeable novelist; and so he is, with a vengeance. 1834 L. Ritchie Wanderings by Seine 94 Some readers will think that we are drawing our traveller's bow with a vengeance. 1867 M. Arnold On Study Celtic Lit. 29 Here, at any rate, are materials enough with a vengeance. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > violently [phrase] of hardc1330 at (the) utterance1480 hip and thigh1560 with a vengeance1568 with a powderc1600 with a siserary1607 full fling1614 with the vengeance1693 like a thousand (also hundred) of brick(s)1836 the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > greatly or very much [phrase] > extremely like mada1375 with a mischief1538 (as) — as anything1542 with a vengeance1568 with a siserary1607 (to be pleased) to a feathera1616 in (the) extremea1616 with the vengeance1693 to a degree1740 like hell1776 like the devil1791 like winky1830 like billy-o1885 (like) seven shades of ——1919 like a bandit1943 on wheels1943 1693 Humours & Conversat. Town 29 This is following the Dictates of Reason with the vengeance. < as lemmas |
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