英语词汇“at hard meat”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

†2. at (also to) hard meat: in close confinement; under strict restraint. Obsolete.

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society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > confinement > [adverb]

straitc1330

covertly1430

straitly1487

at (also to) hard meat1542

close1562

closely1597

1542 T. Becon in M. Coverdale tr. H. Bullinger Golden Bk. Christen Matrimonye Pref. sig. A.vii^v Therfore must ther sely poore wyues..be kept for holy dayes, teyed vp at harde meat, only beare the name of a wyfe.

?1587 J. Deacon Treat. Nobody is my Name sig. B If we chapmen had beene but so wise amongst our selues as to haue mette together in the morning before the fayre, & then..had so held men at hardmeate a while till towards the end of the fayre: wee might haplie haue [etc.].

1594 T. Nashe Vnfortunate Traveller sig. C4^v Dreame..that I am close at harde meate at Windsore or at Hampton court.

1642 R. Baker tr. V. Malvezzi Disc. upon Tacitus 459 They meant to hold Augustus (as the saying is) to hard meat, and make him grant what they demanded.

1664 J. Wilson Cheats v. ii. 65 I was just considering how to patch up my Account with Mr. Alderman—Indeed he tyes me to hard meat—I cannot take a Rat, but he makes me account to him, for half-profits.

1725 J. Swift Lett. Dr. Swift (1741) 36 I hear nothing of our friend Gay, but I find the Court keeps him at hard meat.

1749 Virtue in Distress 2 If they should happen to fail..and they are tied up, as we say, to hard Meat, their only Remedy is, either to protract the Time of Execution..or to throw a Dust in the People's Eyes.

单词	at hard meat
释义	> as lemmas at (also to) hard meat †2. at (also to) hard meat: in close confinement; under strict restraint. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > confinement > [adverb] straitc1330 covertly1430 straitly1487 at (also to) hard meat1542 close1562 closely1597 1542 T. Becon in M. Coverdale tr. H. Bullinger Golden Bk. Christen Matrimonye Pref. sig. A.vii^v Therfore must ther sely poore wyues..be kept for holy dayes, teyed vp at harde meat, only beare the name of a wyfe. ?1587 J. Deacon Treat. Nobody is my Name sig. B If we chapmen had beene but so wise amongst our selues as to haue mette together in the morning before the fayre, & then..had so held men at hardmeate a while till towards the end of the fayre: wee might haplie haue [etc.]. 1594 T. Nashe Vnfortunate Traveller sig. C4^v Dreame..that I am close at harde meate at Windsore or at Hampton court. 1642 R. Baker tr. V. Malvezzi Disc. upon Tacitus 459 They meant to hold Augustus (as the saying is) to hard meat, and make him grant what they demanded. 1664 J. Wilson Cheats v. ii. 65 I was just considering how to patch up my Account with Mr. Alderman—Indeed he tyes me to hard meat—I cannot take a Rat, but he makes me account to him, for half-profits. 1725 J. Swift Lett. Dr. Swift (1741) 36 I hear nothing of our friend Gay, but I find the Court keeps him at hard meat. 1749 Virtue in Distress 2 If they should happen to fail..and they are tied up, as we say, to hard Meat, their only Remedy is, either to protract the Time of Execution..or to throw a Dust in the People's Eyes. extracted from hard meatn. < as lemmas
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