| 单词 | to break bounds |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto break bounds 19. To escape from (an enclosed place) by breaking part of the enclosure, as in to break prison or jail; also to break bounds. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > escape > escape from [verb (transitive)] > from confinement or restraint breakc1300 slip1579 the world > action or operation > safety > escape > [verb (intransitive)] > from confinement atburstc1000 outbreakOE strayc1330 aventc1375 twinc1386 out-wina1425 to break away1535 disengage1647 to break bounds1816 to cut loose1828 the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > be excessive [verb (intransitive)] overdoa1325 exceed1488 to pass, be above or beyond, God's forbodec1540 overreacha1568 overlaunch1579 overact1611 overboil1611 to overstep the mark (also line)1827 to cut it too fat1836 to break bounds1856 c1300 Beket 48 Gilbert and his felawes siththe..Prisoun breke. 1482 W. Caxton Chron. Eng. cclvii. 336 The prysoners of Newgate brake theyr prison. 1595 E. Spenser Amoretti lxxiii, in Amoretti & Epithalamion sig. E6 My hart..Breaking his prison forth to you doth fly. 1674 J. Bryan Harvest-home viii. 52 Who is himself; and breaks the jayl, must die. 1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 8 Am I to congratulate an highwayman..who has broke prison, upon the recovery of his natural rights? View more context for this quotation 1813 Ld. Byron Giaour 14 The faithless slave that broke her bower. 1816 J. Austen Emma III. vii. 116 You had..broken bounds yesterday, and run away from your own management. View more context for this quotation 1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) I. iii. 188 It..prevented anarchy from breaking bounds. 1857 H. T. Buckle Hist. Civilisation Eng. I. xii. 670 A hatred and jealousy which broke all bounds. 1888 N.E.D. at Break Mod. Scholars gated for a week for breaking bounds. < as lemmas |
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