| 单词 | spreadeagling |
| 释义 | > as lemmasspreadˈeagling spreadˈeagling n. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > causing to go away > [noun] > driving away > driving away in all directions sparpling1434 dispersionc1450 skailing?c1450 sparklingc1460 disparplinga1513 dissipation1545 dispersing1604 segregationa1616 scatteration1776 disjectiona1806 dispersal1821 scatteraway1851 spreadeagling1869 1869 Onward (N.Y.) Nov. 440 In the Russian navy, ‘spread-eagling’ was a common mode of punishment. 1881 R. Read Mod. Leicester 219 Here the perfection of outside and inside edge and spread-eagling is indulged in ‘all the year round’. 1882 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 25 Feb. 270/2 A strong reversible table should be provided..fitted with a post, two horns, and rings, so as to facilitate the spread-eagling of the animal. 1887 H. Smart Cleverly Won iii. 33 Such a spread-eagling of a field had rarely been witnessed. 1938 M. Y. Vinson Primer of Figure Skating iv. 51 Many of the school figures beside forward threes, the advanced brackets, for instance, are easy or hard in direct ratio to the skater's facility in spread eagling. 1949 E. Goudge Gentian Hill i. i. 11 Spread-eagling was the correct punishment for the offence he had committed. 1981 Shakespeare Q. 32 371/2 There was splendid theatricality in the spreadeagling of Antonio, breast bared, on a dazzlingly white sheet laid out on the steps, with two hooded monks to hold him down. 2013 Belfast Tel. (Nexis) 9 Mar. 17 Mill House's 12-length spreadeagling of the Gold Cup field. < as lemmas |
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