| 单词 | set at defiance |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto set at defiance a. to bid defiance to: to defy, declare hostility to; to brave, set at nought; so to set at defiance. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > oppose [verb (transitive)] > defy stout1303 defy1377 beard1476 brave1546 brag1551 outface1574 to hold (a person) waga1578 dare1580 outbrave1589 bedarea1596 maugre1597 championa1616 to bid defiance to1632 stem1675 bravadea1698 bravo1732 1632 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy (ed. 4) ii. iii. iii. 341 He set her [sc. Fortune] at defiance euer after. 1667 R. Allestree Causes Decay Christian Piety (1704) xvii. 378 The Novatian heresy..bade such express defiance to apostacy. 1757 Centinel No. 34 The fire of youth..when agitated by any violent passion..sets everything at defiance. 1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature II. xlvii. 340 The Alps... See how scornfully they look down upon you, and bid defiance to the elements. 1842 M. R. Mitford in A. G. L'Estrange Life M. R. Mitford (1870) III. ix. 144 They might have set the Tories at defiance. to set at defiance to set at ease, at rest, to rest, †in or at peace; †to set at debate, †to set at difference, †to set at a jar, †to set at jars, to set at odds, to set at one, to set at variance, †to set at square, to set at war, to set by the ears, †to set in sunder; to set agog, †to set at gaze, to set astray; to set aglow, to set afire, to set on fire (see fire n. and int. Phrases 2j(b)), to set aflame, to set in flame(s, etc.; to set in array, to set in order, to set in readiness, to set to rights; to set †in effray, †to set on fear; to set at large, to set at leisure, to set at liberty; to set on edge; to set in or on a roar; to set in action, to set in motion, to set in operation; to set at bay, to set at fault, †to set in press, †to set in stay; to set at contempt, to set at defiance; etc.: see also the nouns and adverbs. Also, to set afoot or on foot (see afoot adv. 3, foot n. and int. Phrases 3a(c)).extracted from setv.1< as lemmas |
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