| 单词 | bound boy |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbound boy b. Having entered into a contract binding to service, as ‘a bound apprentice’. Also (U.S.) bound boy, bound girl. ΚΠ 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) iv. l. 57 War noucht I was bonde in my legiance. 1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 1 It was doubted whether he were more bound to Nature.., or to fortune. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) ii. i. 37 Shall this night appeare How much in duty, I am bound to both. View more context for this quotation 1630 Bp. J. Hall Occas. Medit. §lvii How much am I bound to God that hath giuen mee eyes. a1657 G. Daniel Poems (1878) II. 73 For everie Man Is bound to his owne heart. 1752 S. Johnson Rambler No. 201. ⁋7 He that is not yet hardened by custom..thinks himself bound by his word. 1846 Congress. Globe 6 Feb. 322/3 He has to stand by, as we say in the West, ‘like a bound boy at a husking’. 1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) I. i. 11 Whoever owned land, was bound to military service. 1872 E. Eggleston Hoosier School-master iv. 51 Ralph recognized Hannah, the bound girl at old Jack Means's. 1888 J. Kirkland McVeys 84 Hyer comes Widder Tansey's bound gal. 1891 Congress. Rec. Jan. 1890/1 [In the House of Commons] it rarely happens that more than two-thirds of the members are present, and when they are, all but 360 must stand round like ‘bound boys’, as that number exhausts the sitting space on the floor. < as lemmas |
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