| 单词 | to be in the way |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto be (also get, stand, etc.) in the way (ii) to be (also get, stand, etc.) in the way (without possessive). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hinder [verb (intransitive)] hinderc1386 to be (also get, stand, etc.) in one's way1481 to trump in (one's) way1570 to put in one's spoke1580 to put a spoke in one's wheel1583 to be (also get, stand, etc.) in the waya1750 snag1833 to cramp one's style1917 a1750 Ld. Dartmouth in O. Airy Burnet's Hist. Own Time (1900) II. 251 (note) King Charles gave him [Godolphin] a short character when he was page,..of being never in the way, nor out of the way. 1787 J. Wesley Let. 7 Sept. (1931) VIII. 7 But there is a mountain that stands in the way: and how you will get over it I know not: I mean pride. 1866 J. S. Le Fanu All in Dark xxxv He would have been in the way—unutterably de trop. 1894 Outing 24 442/2 I..had stowed my guncase and grip where they would be least in the way. 1922 School Rev. Sept. 528 The difficulties in the way are by no means few or easily superable. 1993 Orange Coast Nov. 47/1 She's really in the way. I could do the stuff four times faster if she'd get the hell out of the way. 2004 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 15 Feb. iv. 6/4 Don't get anal over a piece of wood; cut it off if it gets in the way. < as lemmas |
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