| 单词 | all abroad |
| 释义 | > as lemmasall abroad 5. colloquial. Confused, bewildered, perplexed, at a loss; in error; wide of the mark or the truth. Originally and frequently in all abroad (cf. all over the place at place n.1 Phrases 2e). Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > [adverb] > in a wrong way, amiss on missc1225 overthwarta1382 a-crookc1500 awrya1513 wide?1529 astray1535 across1559 bias1600 outa1641 beside the bridge1652 on the wrong side of the post1728 abroad1806 off1843 way off1882 off beam1941 up the boohai?1946 1739 J. Thomson Edward & Eleonora v. ii. 54 He must be manag'd softly; for his Passions Are all abroad, in wild Confusion hurl'd.] 1770 C. Jenner Placid Man II. vii. 63 ‘Why here then,’ cried the old gentleman, ‘I am all abroad again.’ 1780 F. Pilon Humours of Election 31 Why, you dog, you're all abroad, you are in Nova Scotia, from the point. 1785 J. Reynolds Disc. Royal Acad. 1784 28 The instant you do [lose sight of nature], you are all abroad at the mercy of every gust of fashion, without knowing or seeing the point to which you ought to steer. 1806 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life I. i. 5 Unless I am quite abroad still; and if so, I will humbly wait, while you..clarify my understanding. 1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby vi. 41 I'm only a little abroad, that's all. 1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) v. 37 At the twelfth round the latter champion was all abroad, as the saying is, and had lost all presence of mind. 1897 Times 26 Mar. 11/2 The crew..had..been steady on the whole, bow, however, being rather abroad just at the finish. 1912 Chicago Defender 27 Apr. 7/3 Jim was the one who was all abroad, and McVea gave him some terrible punches before the gong went. < as lemmas |
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