| 单词 |
perishment |
| 释义 |
ˈperishment Now dial. [f. perish v. + -ment. Cf. F. périssement (16th c. in Littré).] †a. Destruction, damage, loss. Obs. b. dial. ‘Starvation’ by cold.
1548Udall, etc. Erasm. Par. John xii. 84 To bestowe life is no perishemente but auantage. a1549Latimer Let. in Foxe A. & M. (1583) 1755 Iustices that be to much naturall, to theyr owne perishment both Body and Soule. 1822T. Bewick Mem. ix. 116 Before she had waded through it, she got very wet and a perishment of cold. 1855Robinson Whitby Gloss., A Perishment, a severe cold. |

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