| 单词 | to find a vent |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto find a vent b. figurative. (Cf. senses 3, 5) Now chiefly to find a vent. ΘΚΠ society > communication > expression > [verb (intransitive)] > be expressed to find a vent1814 (a) (b)1695 J. Collier Misc. upon Moral Subj. 60 Those who live within the Communication of Friendship, have a Vent for their Misfortunes.1814 W. Wordsworth Excursion ix. 421 For, though in whispers speaking, the full heart Will find a vent . View more context for this quotation1838 W. H. Prescott Hist. Reign Ferdinand & Isabella I. Introd. p. xci The tumultuous spirits of the aristocracy,..instead of finding a vent..in these foreign expeditions, were turned within.1873 W. Black Princess of Thule iv. 53 His distress at his own rudeness now found an easy vent.1614 D. Dyke Myst. Selfe-deceiuing xxvii. 329 Tappes to giue a vent to corruption. 1669 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. I i. ix. 49 The Egyptians..gave a great vent to Jewish Learning and Institutes. 1777 Pitt in Almon Anecd. (1810) II. xliv. 319 I could not have slept..without giving this vent to my eternal abhorrence of such preposterous and enormous principles. < as lemmas |
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