| 单词 | to flinch the flagon |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto flinch the flagon 4. quasi-transitive. To withdraw from, lose (one's ground). Also, to flinch the flagon: to let the bottle pass. to flinch one's glass: to avoid emptying it. †to flinch (back) one's hand: to draw it back; in quot. figurative to intermit one's activity. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ceasing > temporary cessation of activity or operation > cease from temporarily [verb (transitive)] pretermit1539 intermit1576 suspend1608 to flinch (back) one's hand1674 the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [verb (intransitive)] > avoid drinking (entire amount) to flinch one's glass1712 to flinch the flagon1838 1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 75 If Nature should but flinch back her hand, or the world that is round about it should but be pluckt away from it. 1712 J. Arbuthnot John Bull Still in Senses vi. 23 Lewis.. either by the Strength of his Brain, or Flinching his Glass, kept himself sober as a Judge. a1791 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) II. 551 Welsh, who never flinch'd his ground. 1838 G. P. R. James Robber I. i. 14 You flinched the flagon. < as lemmas |
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