| 单词 |
to-burst |
| 释义 |
† to-ˈburst, v. Obs. exc. dial.
Forms: see burst v.
[OE. toberstan, f. to-2 + berstan to burst. So OS. te-brestan, OHG. zibrestan, MHG. ze-, zerbresten, Ger. zerbersten.]
1. intr. To burst asunder, to be shattered.
c893K. ælfred Oros. v. x. §1 Sco eorþe tobærst. c1000ælfric Hom. I. 86 He eal innan samod forswæled wæs, and toborsten. c1200Ormin 16147 Himm þinkeþþ þatt hiss herrte shall Tobressten. c1205Lay. 1921 Al þe feond to⁓barst. a1225Ancr. R. 214 Te ueond lauhweð þet he to bersteð. c1375Sc. Leg. Saints xli. (Agnes) 60 His hart þane cane to-brist for bale. 14..Pol. Rel. & L. Poems (1866) 246 Al to-broste synwe & veyne. 1513Douglas æneis x. vi. 37 To bristis scho, and rivis all in sondyr. 1535Coverdale 2 Chron. xxv. 12 They all to barst in sunder. 1881G. F. Jackson Shropsh. Word-bk. s.v., If it freezes we sha'n 'ave it to-bost like the tother.
2. trans. To cause to burst asunder, to break or dash to pieces, to shatter.
c1000ælfric Hom. II. 258 Þæs temples wah-ryft eac wearð toborsten. c1205Lay. 27520 Þer iwurðen to-bursten eorles swiðe balden. c1275Ibid. 5926 Hii to-borste þe lokes. a1300Cursor M. 6615 (Cott.) Þis golden calf he did to brest to pudre [Tr. to peces]. c1374Chaucer Troylus iv. 1518 (1546) Attropos my thred of lif to-breste, If I be fals! 1470–85Malory Arthur viii. xxx. 318 They..alle to braste their speres. c1530Redford Mor. Play Wit & Sc. (Shaks. Soc.) 71 The fall wherof downe in the rest My joyntes and sinewes all to-brast! |
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