单词 | drawing back |
释义 | > as lemmasdrawing back a. With following adverbs, forming nouns of action corresponding to adverbial combinations of the verb (see draw v. Phrasal verbs 1), as drawing back, drawing near, etc. ΚΠ a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 53 For þe son beme..draweþ oute þe humours,..and by drawing oute of spirites makeþ hem coward of herte. a1400 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Ashm.) (1894) 40 (MED) Of þese þre..mai come a drawinge togidere [L. contractio] of a senewe þat is cause of a crampe. 1446 in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) I. Introd. p. lvii (MED) A College for drawyng forth of maystres of gramer..in your vniuersite of Cambridge. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 215/1 Drawyng nere..approche. 1636 R. Sanderson Serm. II. 53 What shrinking and drawing back! 1647 Bp. J. Taylor Θεολογία Ἐκλεκτική iii. 71 Little drawings aside of the curtaines of peace and eternity. 1710 S. Palmer Moral Ess. Prov. 174 To..insult him upon his drawing off. 2012 Independent 2 Mar. 23/5 Vocal fry—the drawling, vibrating, drawing out of words in phrases such as ‘no waaaaaay’ and ‘oh my gaaaaahhhd’—was well on its way to becoming a language fad. < as lemmas |
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