| 单词 | to cut round |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto cut round b. Hence, To move sharply, to run rapidly. With various adverbs and prepositions. Also with along, out. to cut round (U.S. colloquial): to make a display; to act in a lively, gay fashion. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > move swiftly [verb (intransitive)] lakeOE flyOE runOE scour13.. jace1393 hie1398 spina1400 fleetc1400 glentc1400 stripc1400 suea1450 carryc1450 speed1488 scud1532 streek1598 winga1616 to clip it1616 hackney1617 swifta1618 whirryc1630 dust1673 whew1684 race1702 stroke1735 cut1797 spank1807 skid1815 speela1818 crack1824 skimmer1824 slap1827 clip1832 skeet1838 marvel1841 lick1850 travel1850 rush1852 zip1852 sail1876 rabbit1887 move1906 high-tail1908 to ball the jack1914 buzz1914 shift1922 giddap1938 burn1942 hoosh1943 bomb1966 shred1977 1797 B. Hawkins Lett. (1916) 126 He was driving a wagon at the time he was taken, and they cut out and took the horses with him. 1834 S. Smith Sel. Lett. Major Jack Downing lvi. 139 What made us cut back so quick from Concord? 1834 D. Crockett Narr. Life 63 I saw a little woman streaking it along through the woods like all wrath, and so I cut on too. 1834 D. Crockett Narr. Life 65 I took my eldest brother..and cut out to her father's house to get her. a1852 F. M. Whitcher Widow Bedott Papers (1856) 91 They say she cut round and hollered and laffed and tried to be wonderful interestin'. 1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days ii. iii. 273 We all cut upstairs after the Doctor. 1859 in J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 2) Instead of sticking to me as she used to do, she got to cuttin' round with all the young fellows, just as if she cared nothin' about me no more. 1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. ii. viii. 240 I'll cut back and ask for leave. 1873 W. Black Princess of Thule xiv. 219 And now the carriage cut round the corner. 1878 ‘Stonehenge’ Brit. Rural Sports (ed. 14) i. i. vii. §10. 109 The rabbits..cut in and out of the rides or runs. 1879 F. R. Stockton Rudder Grange viii. 86 [The dog] was only cuttin' round because he was so glad to get loose. 1902 E. Nesbit Five Children & It ix. 237 You'll be late for your grub!.. Then cut along home. 1932 A. J. Worrall Eng. Idioms 68 I told him to cut out and buy some tea. 1949 ‘M. Innes’ Journeying Boy ii. 25 ‘And now you'd better cut along.’ Captain Cox was a great believer in the moral effects of abrupt dismissals on the young. 1958 T. Williams Orpheus Descending iii. 88 Lady. So you're—cutting out, are you? Val. My gear's all packed. I'm catchin' the southbound bus. < as lemmas |
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