单词 | to bend or draw a bow |
释义 | > as lemmasto bend or draw a bow a. A weapon for shooting arrows or similar missiles, consisting of a strip of elastic wood or other material, bent by means of a string stretched between its two ends; the arrow is impelled by the recoil which follows the retraction of the string. Phrases. to bend or draw a bow, to shoot with (formerly in) a bow. bows and bills! the cry of alarm raised in the English camp in old times. See also crossbow n., stone-bow n. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > archer's weapons > [noun] > bow bowa1000 longbow1386 handbow1448 society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > use of bow and arrow > shoot arrows [verb (intransitive)] > draw or shoot with bow to bend or draw a bow1382 to shoot with (formerly in) a bow1546 society > armed hostility > military organization > signals > [interjection] > call to arms at armsc1330 alarmc1400 to harness1475 bows and bills!a1572 to (formerly alsoat) arms!1712 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > warning of imminent danger or evil > [noun] > warning arousing the unwary > by sound bows and bills!a1572 alarm1576 larum1616 a1000 Gnomic Vers. (Gr.) 154 Boga sceal stræle. ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 184 He brekeð his bowe. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 3226 Enne boȝe swiðe strong. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 45 An archer..nom his boȝe. 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) 1 Kings xxii. 34 A maner man bente a boowe. a1400 Cov. Myst. 45 My bowe xal I drawe. 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. vi. sig. I Many a man speaketh of Robyn hood, That neuer shotte in his bowe. 1557 Earl of Surrey et al. Songes & Sonettes (new ed.) f. 110 He claymed Cupides boe. a1572 J. Knox Hist. Reformation 28 (Jam.) The schout ryises, Bowes and Billis!..whiche is a significatioun of extreim defence. 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 iii. ii. 42 A drew a good bow..a shot a fine shoote. View more context for this quotation 1607 T. Dekker & J. Webster North-ward Hoe v. sig. H4 It's better to shoote in a Bow that has beene shot in before. 1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd iii. 304 They issue forth, Steel Bows, and Shafts their arms. View more context for this quotation 1830 J. F. W. Herschel Prelim. Disc. Study Nat. Philos. iii. iii. 273 The bow of Ulysses, which none but its master could bend. 1877 W. C. Bryant Among Trees 96 While yet the Indian hunter drew the bow. < as lemmas |
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