| 单词 | bearer-off |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbearer-off a. With adverbs, in compound agent nouns corresponding to adverbial combinations of bear v.1 I., as in bearer about, bearer away, bearer-off, etc. ΚΠ 1538 T. Elyot Dict. Nugigerulus, reade a bearer aboute of fables. 1547 Act 1 Edw. VI iii. §9 The..nurse, or other the bearer about of the childe. 1660 J. Howell Lex. Tetraglotton Dict. A Bearer out, or maintainer, Garent, Garentisseur. 1670 G. Keith Light of Truth 4 The bearer away of iniquity cannot be a meer spiritual Christ. 1703 R. Neve City & Countrey Purchaser 41 The Bearer-off..carries the Bricks..to lay them singly down in Rows. a1716 R. Trail Sel. Pract. Writings (1845) 310 The only bearer in of light and life upon the soul. 1866 J. E. White Rep. Brick-making in 5th Rep. Children's Employment Comm. 162/1 in Parl. Papers (3678) XXIV. 188/1 The big girl is a ‘bearer off’, and wheels away the bricks and places them in the row or ‘hack’ out in the yard to dry. 2006 I. Lyall In Season & Out 200 If you have never admitted Christ as the bearer-away of your sin and if you thus do not wait for him; if you are not putting your trust in him, then his return will indeed be a terrible day. < as lemmas |
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