| 单词 | to fall in flesh |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto fall in (also out of) flesh a. intransitive. Of a person, animal, or part of the body: to become thin or lean, esp. as a result of illness or old age; spec. (of the cheeks, etc.) to become sunken in appearance. In early use also more fully †to fall in (also out of) flesh. Now only in to fall away 5b at Phrasal verbs 1, to fall in 8a at Phrasal verbs 1.In quot. ?1528: (of the flesh) to waste away.In later use usually in the perfect (to have fallen or to be fallen); cf. fallen adj. 5. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > slim shape or physique > slim [verb (intransitive)] > shrink to fall away1527 fall?1528 to fall in1607 lanka1616 pitch1751 fine1873 ?1528 Christmas Carols sig. A.iiv My blode coleth my fleshe doth fall I am athryst after drynke I call. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 544/2 I fall out of flessche by reason of sycknesse. a1592 R. Greene Orpharion (1599) 36 My head is giddy, mine eyes dazell, fallen are my cheekes. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) v. ii. 160 A good Legge will fall . View more context for this quotation a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Staff. 38 The Cattle..will fall in their flesh, if removed to any other Pasture. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. vii. 155/1 The tenth year the Temples [of a horse] fall and begin to be hollow. 1745 J. Swift Direct. to Servants 67 The Cattle are weak, and fallen in their Flesh with hard riding. 1822 Mirror of Lit. 30 Nov. 69/2 See how I'm fall'n in the waist! Five inches round about! 1880 T. Watts Woodland Echoes 112 I'm wae tae see ye look sae lean... Hech! man, but ye've fa'en sair o' late. 1886 A. J. Church Stories of Magicians ix. 72 His raven black hair was rusted with sun and rain, and his cheeks had fallen. < as lemmas |
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