| 单词 | hard-necked |
| 释义 | > as lemmashard-necked hard-necked adj. (and n.) obstinate, inflexible (cf. stiff-necked adj., hard-headed adj.); also (and in earliest use) as n. (with the and plural agreement) obstinate people as a class. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [adjective] starkOE moodyOE stithc1000 stidyc1175 stallc1275 harda1382 stubbornc1386 obstinate?1387 throa1400 hard nolleda1425 obstinant?a1425 pertinacec1425 stablec1440 dour1488 unresigned1497 difficultc1503 hard-necked1530 pertinatec1534 obstacle1535 stout-stomached1549 hard-faced1567 stunt1581 hard-headed1583 pertinacious1583 stuntly1583 peremptory1589 stomachous1590 mulish1600 stomachful1600 obstined1606 restive1633 obstinacious1649 opinionated1649 tenacious1656 iron-sided1659 sturdy1664 cat-witted1672 obstinated1672 unyielding1677 ruggish1688 bullet-headed1699 tough1780 pelsy1785 stupid1788 hard-set1818 thick and thin1822 stuntya1825 rigwiddie1826 indomitable1830 recalcitrant1830 set1848 mule-headed1870 muley1871 capitose1881 hard-nosed1917 tight1928 1530 G. Joye tr. M. Bucer Psalter of Dauid f. 200v The frantike hardnecked do I hate: and thy lawe have I loved. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Baruch ii. F It is an hardnecked people. 1615 H. S. Diuine Dict. 94 Steuen..rebuketh the hard necked Iewes, and is stoned to death. 1797 G. Benjoin Integrity & Excellence of Script. 66 The conduct of a people hard-necked, perverse, passionate, impatient, addicted to idolatry. 1895 C. P. Krauth tr. T. Christlieb in Compl. Preacher I. 21 He shows the same hard-necked defiance and spirit of contradiction. a1945 E. R. Eddison Mezentian Gate (1958) i. 5 He was..hard-necked and unswayable in policy. 1967 Winnipeg (Manitoba) Free Press 6 May 34/7 The hard-necked and the hard-hearted found the invitation as unpalatable then as they do now. 2013 S. A. Nohrstedt in R. Wodak et al. Right-wing Populism in Europe xxi. 318 The lesson seems to be even more hard-necked resistance to dialogue in any practical sense. < as lemmas |
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