单词 | daring |
释义 | daringn.1 The action of dare v.1; adventurous courage, boldness, hardihood. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > courage > [noun] elne888 bieldc890 daringc1374 coraiouste1382 inwit1382 courageousnessa1513 courage1540 couragie1556 valour1581 nerve1602 stoutheartednessa1683 noble-heartedness1836 lionheartedness1885 gut1893 gutsiness1893 bottle1958 the mind > emotion > courage > daring > [noun] derfshipa1225 boldheada1250 derayc1300 daringc1374 hardinessc1380 hardimenta1413 enterprisec1450 felony1485 boldness1489 adventurousness1530 derfnessc1540 hardihead1579 hardihood1594 dare1595 adventurement1598 audaciousness1601 daringness1622 adventuresomeness1731 the mind > emotion > courage > daring > [noun] > an act or display of daring daringc1374 derring-do1579 derring-deed1633 sallya1639 bravura1813 c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde v. 837 Troylus was neuere vn-to no wight..in no degre secounde, In dorryng don [v.rr. duryng do, dorynge to do] þat longeth to a knyght..His herte ay wiþ þe firste and wiþ þe beste Stod paregal, to dorre don [v.rr. durre to do, dore don] that hym leste. 1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. ix. 512/1 Incredible darings..were not wanting. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan i. xv. 80 As if not the Cause, but the Degree of daring, made Fortitude. 1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People vii. §6. 406 The whole people had soon caught the self-confidence and daring of their Queen. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † daringn.2 Obsolete. The action of dare v.2; esp. the catching of larks by dazing or fascinating them (see dare v.2 5). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fowling > [noun] > fascinating larks daring1602 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 113 Darynge, or drowpynge, licitacio, latitatio. 1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall i. f. 30v Little round nets, fastned to a staff, not much vnlike that which is vsed for daring of Larks. 1618 S. Latham New & 2nd Bk. Falconrie xxxiii. 144 If she be flone any longer, she will likewise fall to dorring, and bee lost. 1704 Dict. Rusticum at Clap-net and Looking-glass This is otherwise called Doring or Daring. 1766 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. 150 What was called daring of larks. Compounds attributive and in other combinations, as daring-glass, daring-net. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fowling > fowling equipment > [noun] > devices to confuse birds low bell1573 lowffing1581 daring-glass1590 dare1860 1590 R. Greene Neuer too Late i. 10 They set out their faces as Foulers doo their daring glasses, that the Larks that soare highest may stoope soonest. 1616 G. Markham tr. C. Estienne et al. Maison Rustique (rev. ed.) vii. xliv. 712 You..shall with your Horse and Hawke ride about her..till you come so neere her, that you may lay your daring-net ouer her. 1659 J. Gauden Ἱερα Δακρυα 197 New notions..are many times..the daring-glasses or decoyes to bring men into the snares of their..damnable doctrines. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2021). daringadj.1 1. Of persons or their attributes: Bold, adventurous; hardy, audacious. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > courage > daring > [adjective] keenc897 dearOE bolda1000 hardyc1225 yepec1275 crousea1400 jeopardousa1513 audacious1550 facing1564 venturous1565 daring1582 daring-hardy1597 audaculous1603 dareful1614 adventuresome1628 outdacious1742 risky1826 plucky1835 plucked1846 racy1901 have-a-go1953 philobatic1955 Boy's Own1967 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. T. More in tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis 99 A loftye Thrasonical huf snuffe..in phisnomye daring. 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 v. i. 91 I do not thinke a brauer Gentleman..More daring, or more bold is now aliue. View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vi. 129 Half way he met His daring foe. View more context for this quotation 1758 S. Hayward Seventeen Serm. xvii. 539 The daring insolence..of prophane Sinners. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 325 Montague, the most daring and inventive of financiers. 2. transferred and figurative. ΚΠ 1617 T. Middleton & W. Rowley Faire Quarrell i. sig. Cv To walke vnmuffled..Euen in the daring'st streets through all the Citty. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Surrey 78 Witness Wimbleton in this County, a daring Structure. 1697 J. Addison Pref. to Dryden's Georgics The last Georgic has indeed as many metaphors, but not so daring as this. 1876 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest V. 39 This daring legal fiction. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > courage > daring > [adjective] keenc897 dearOE bolda1000 hardyc1225 yepec1275 crousea1400 jeopardousa1513 audacious1550 facing1564 venturous1565 daring1582 daring-hardy1597 audaculous1603 dareful1614 adventuresome1628 outdacious1742 risky1826 plucky1835 plucked1846 racy1901 have-a-go1953 philobatic1955 Boy's Own1967 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II i. iii. 43 On paine of death, no person be so bold, Or daring, hardy, as to touch the listes. View more context for this quotation This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2019). daringadj.2 Obsolete. Staring, trembling, or crouching with fear, etc.: see the verb. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > physical symptoms of fear > [adjective] > shuddering with fear daring1333 quiveringa1547 shivering1577 shuddering1600 intrembled1628 trepid1650 horrent1721 trepidatinga1774 horrescent1865 flittering1867 trepidatory1881 trepidant1891 tremorful1901 the mind > emotion > fear > physical symptoms of fear > [adjective] > cowering or flinching daring1333 1333 L. Minot Halidon-Hyll in Poems 39 Now er þai dareand all for drede, Þat war bifore so stout and gay. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Blotir, to..lye close to the ground, like a daring Larke, or affrighted fowle. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1c1374n.2c1440adj.11582adj.21333 |
随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。