| 释义 |
ˈfall-away, n.
[f. vbl. phrase fall away: see fall v. 80.]
†1. One who falls away from religion; an apostate. Obs.
1682Bunyan Barren Fig-tree (1684) 104 It is impossible for those Fall-a-ways to be renewed again unto repentance.
2. A falling off.
1878B. F. Taylor Between Gates 232 On midsummer the Yo Semite is less of a fall than a fall-away. 1879G. M. Hopkins Let. 14 Aug. (1935) 86 A fall-away or diminuendo. |