单词 | to fasten hold |
释义 | > as lemmasto fasten hold P3. to fasten hold: to take a firm hold of something (with the object specified in a prepositional phrase introduced by on, upon, of). Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > absence of movement > hold or holding > hold or grip [verb (intransitive)] > lay hold > firmly to fasten hold1581 grapple1582 1581 G. Pettie tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. ii. sig. H8v I holding nothing fast, of all thinges fasten holde. 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie iv. xxx. 153 To the end their adversaries should fasten the lesse hold upon them. ?1615 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses (new ed.) xii. 611 Yet, might my feete, on no stub fasten hold To ease my hands: the roots were crept so low Beneath the earth. 1841 C. H. Hartshorne Salopia Antiqua Gloss. 419 Why ivir dostna fasten houd on it wi' boath honds. 1940 Cumberland News 17 Jan. 10/2 His legalistic mind had fastened hold of a point. < as lemmas |
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