单词 | hold in chase |
释义 | > as lemmashold in chase e. Phrases: in chase is said both of the chaser and of the chased, as to be in chase (of), have in chase, hold in chase. to give chase (to): to pursue. †fair chase, a fair field; free chase (see free chase n. at free adj., n., and adv. Compounds 2). ΘΚΠ society > morality > rightness or justice > [noun] > fairness or equity > situation fair chasec1400 a fair go1888 go1954 the world > movement > progressive motion > order of movement > following behind > follow behind [verb (intransitive)] > pursue followeOE suec1325 pursuea1375 prosecute1549 bechafe1574 ret1607 to give chase (to)1634 c1400 Ywaine & Gaw. 3250 Thai ne war fayn of that fair chace. a1529 J. Skelton Magnyfycence (?1530) sig. Diiii Where he lyst foly hath fre chace. 1573 G. Harvey Let.-bk. (1884) 143 Howbeit still all is ace, And there still a fayer chace. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 130 When a Hart is in his chase, he is greatly pained in his bowels. a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) i. vii. 19 Spies of the Uolces Held me in chace. 1632 R. Sanderson 12 Serm. 496 When we have anything in chase. 1634 [see sense 1d]. 1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης xviii. 165 What suttle and unpeaceable designes he then had in chace. 1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Brigantine, is a small light Vessel..and is either for Fighting or giving Chase. 1723 D. Defoe Hist. Col. Jack (ed. 2) 383 Two of the Frigats gave us Chase. 1823 Ld. Byron Island iii. x. 57 And now the two canoes in chase divide..To baffle the pursuit. a1842 T. B. Macaulay Armada The tall Pinto till the noon had held her close in chase. 1847 Bewicks's Hist. Brit. Birds (new ed.) I. 60 It..gives chase to small birds on the wing. < as lemmas |
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