| 单词 | to fetch down |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto fetch down to fetch down transitive. = to bring down at bring v. Phrasal verbs 1 (to bring in at bring v. Phrasal verbs 1), but more colloquial and expressive of vigorous action. 1. To bring to the ground by a shot or a blow. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > causing to come or go down > cause to come or go down [verb (transitive)] > bring to the ground/lay low layc888 afelleOE to throw downa1250 groundc1275 to lay to ground, to earth (Sc. at eird)c1275 stoopc1275 evena1382 abatec1390 to bring downa1400 falla1400 welt?a1400 throwa1450 tumble1487 succumb1490 strewa1500 vaila1592 flat1607 level1614 floor1642 to fetch down1705 drop1726 supplant1751 1705 tr. W. Bosman New Descr. Coast of Guinea xvii. 319 This vast number of Shot..were not sufficient to fetch him [sc. Elephant] down. 1726 W. R. Chetwood Voy. & Adventures Capt. R. Boyle 155 I levell'd all at Hamet, and..had the good Fortune to fetch him down. 1801 W. Windham Speeches Parl. (1812) II. 30 There were but few whom they were able to fetch down at a blow. 1879 R. H. Elliot Written on their Foreheads I. 7 Fetching down the young rooks from the tree tops. 2. To force down (prices, etc.). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > fluctuation in price > [verb (transitive)] > lower (price) weaken1530 mitigate1542 abase1551 fall1564 to beat the price1591 to bring down1600 to fetch down1841 degrade1844 to roll back1942 1841 R. B. Peake Court & City i. iii The late war has fetched down the price of women. < as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。