| 单词 | to dance the hay or hays |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto dance the hay or hays b. transferred and figurative. to dance the hay or hays: to perform winding or sinuous movements (around or among numerous objects); to go through varied evolutions like those of a dance. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > change of direction of movement > change direction of movement [verb (intransitive)] > move in winding course to turn and winda1398 wreathea1500 twine1553 indent1567 virea1586 crank1594 to dance the hay or hays1600 maze1605 serpent1606 to indent the way1612 cringlea1629 indenture1631 circumgyre1634 twist1635 glomerate1638 winda1682 serpentine1767 meander1785 zigzag1787 zag1793 to worm one's way1822 vandyke1828 crankle1835 thread the needle1843 switchback1903 rattlesnake1961 zig1969 1600 C. Leigh in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (new ed.) III. 200 Through variety of iudgements, and euill marinership we were faine to dance the hay foure dayes together. 1607 G. Chapman Bussy D'Ambois i. 8 The King and subiect, Lord and euerie slaue Dance a continuall Haie. 1718 Entertainer No. 28. ⁋12 To make him thus dance the Hay of Scepticism and Latitude. 1813 Parl. Deb. 1st Ser. 26 614 Lord Ellenborough considered the Bill as a most arbitrary measure; it tended to make property dance the hays, and to alter every description of tenure. 1887 R. Browning D. Bartoli in Parleyings xv To be duchess was to dance the hays Up, down, across the heaven amid its host. < as lemmas |
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