beggar description

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. Synonym of beggar belief.

词形变化

beggars description present,singular,third-person beggaring description participle,present beggared description participle,past beggared description past

词源

Coined by William Shakespeare in 1607 in "Antony and Cleopatra," act 2, scene 2:
: For her own person,
: It beggared all description: she did lie
: In her pavilion—cloth-of-gold, of tissue—
: O'erpicturing that Venus where we see
: The fancy outwork nature.
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